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Opening webpages

When you open Safari the first time, it opens the home page specified in Internet preferences. There are several ways you can then open webpages.

To open a page that's linked to the page you're currently viewing, click the link.

To open a page without a link, type its address in the text box in the address bar and press Return.

To open a page you've bookmarked, click an item in the bookmarks bar, choose an item from the Bookmarks menu, or double-click the bookmark in the Bookmarks Library.

If an item in the bookmarks bar or Bookmarks menu has a triangle next to it, then it's a collection of bookmarks. When you select the item, you see all the bookmarks in the collection, and you can select the page you want from the list.

To open a page you've opened previously, type part of its address. Safari completes the address or shows a list of matching addresses. If you see a list, select an address using the arrow keys or your pointer, and press Return to open the page.

To open a page in a new window in front of the current window, hold down the Command key and click the link or bookmark. To open the window behind the current window, hold down the Command and Shift keys. These shortcuts change if you select Enable Tabbed Browsing in the Tabs pane of Safari preferences.

To open a page on your hard disk or a file server, choose Open File from the File menu.

If Safari is your default web browser, webpages open in Safari when you click links in other applications, such as Mail messages, or when you double-click the icons of Web Internet Location files. You can select whether pages open in a new window or the current window by using the General pane of Safari preferences. If you enable browsing using tabs and select to open links in the current window, then they are opened in a new tab.

You can open a webpage from a document in another application by selecting the URL and choosing Services from the application menu, then choosing Open URL in Safari.