Using the Verizon Yahoo! Sidebar With Internet Explorer

Getting Started Changing the Sidebar's Size Changing the Active Module Customizing Sidebar Content Interacting With Other Sidebars

Getting Started With the Verizon Yahoo! Sidebar in IE

You can use the Verizon Yahoo! Sidebar in the Microsoft Internet Explorer just as you do in the Verizon Yahoo! Browser with only a few exceptions. The Sidebar appears on the left side of your Internet Explorer window.

The Verizon Yahoo! Sidebar

No matter where you are on the Internet, the Sidebar gives you access to most of your favorite Verizon Yahoo! services, such as Verizon Yahoo! Mail or Verizon Yahoo! Photos. Each service is displayed as a Sidebar module.

Tip: The History Sidebar module is available in the Verizon Yahoo! Browser only, not in Internet Explorer.

You can select up to six Sidebar modules to display on the Sidebar at a time. All Sidebar modules have two views—a collapsed, or mini-module, view, and an expanded, or active module, view. Only one Sidebar module can be active, or expanded, at a time. (For a complete description of each Sidebar module's functionality in each view, refer to the individual Sidebar module tutorials.)

Each Sidebar module, in its active or expanded state, offers an option menu that allows you to further customize that Sidebar module and perform various actions specific to its content. To display the option menu, click the >> button at the top of the active Sidebar module.

You can close and reopen the Sidebar.

Tip: If your Sidebar looks different, you probably have an earlier version, and the information in this tutorial does not apply. To upgrade to the latest version, go to http://verizon.software.yahoo.com and follow the instructions for downloading and installation.
 

Here's How

  1. Launch Internet Explorer, and sign in to Verizon Yahoo!.

  2. To display the Sidebar, click the Verizon Yahoo! Services button on the Internet Explorer toolbar, and select Verizon Yahoo! Sidebar from the menu.

    Select the Verizon Yahoo! Sidebar menu item to display the Sidebar

  3. Close the Sidebar by clicking the X button located in the upper-right corner of the Sidebar.

    Click the X button to close the Sidebar

 

What's Next

You can change the width of the Sidebar.

 

Words to Know

  • Active module: the module currently displayed in the active content area of the Verizon Yahoo! Sidebar.
  • Mini-module: an application module that can be displayed in the Verizon Yahoo! Sidebar.
  • Module: a small version of a Verizon Yahoo! service that can be displayed in the active content area of the Verizon Yahoo! Sidebar Sidebar.
  • Sidebar: a customizable area in the Verizon Yahoo! Browser or Internet Explorer where you can display information or applications that you use often, such as Verizon Yahoo! Mail, and Verizon Yahoo! Messenger.