Saved own colors in swatch palette in start up page

How can I save my favorite (most used) colors in my swatch palette and use them over and over again? (Means I want to see them at every start up. In earlier versions I could find the "start up page", where I could save them, where it is in CS3?)
Thanks, Laszlo, designer at SIGN-A-RAMA Margate, Florida

Check the help files on creating your own swatch library. You can save the swatch library on your computer and then open Illustrator (with no document open), open the swatch library that you created, and then check persistent in the pallette options. It should then open up every time you open Illustrator.

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