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Another handy shortcut for working with web addresses is to type

only the name of the web site you want to visit, and then press Ctrl-

Enter to add the http://www. to the beginning and the .com to the end

of the name. For example, if you entered

yahoo, you could press Ctrl-

Enter to create the address http://www.yahoo.com. You could then

press Enter to browse to this address.

Searching the Web and Setting Search Providers

Internet Explorer 7 integrates a search feature directly into the browser window. To

search the Web using the default search provider, click in the Web Search box, type

your search text, and then press Enter or click the Search button. If you hold Alt

while pressing Enter, you’ll open the search in a new tab.

On most configurations of Internet Explorer 7, the default search provider is Live

Search. Live Search is a search service provided by Microsoft, and not surprisingly, it

has the most extensive search listings I’ve found anywhere—Google and Yahoo!

included. You can add search providers to Internet Explorer 7 by following these

steps:

1. In Internet Explorer 7, click the Search Options button to the right of the Search

button.

2. On the shortcut menu, select Find More Providers.

3. On the Add Search Providers to Internet Explorer 7 page, you’ll find a list of

search providers. Click the search provider you want to add. This displays the

Add Search Provider dialog box shown in Figure 7-7.

Add search providers only from sites you trust. Just because a site is

listed as a provider, it doesn’t mean the site is trustworthy or reliable.

It simply means the site has built-in search facilities and the site owner

sent Microsoft a provider file that can use those built-in search facilities.

4. To make the search provider your default for web searches, select the “Make this

my default search provider” checkbox.

5. Click Add Provider.

You can have only one default search provider. If you make a particular provider

your default, you’ll use this provider anytime you type search text and then press

Enter or click the Search button. To use an alternative search provider, type your

search text, click the Search Options button, and then select the alternative provider.

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When you have configured multiple search providers, you can make a provider your

default or remove a provider by completing the following steps:

1. In Internet Explorer 7, click the Search Options button to the right of the Search

button.

2. On the shortcut menu, select Change Search Defaults.

3. In the Change Search Defaults dialog box, shown in Figure 7-8, you’ll find a list

of search providers you’ve configured for use.

4. To make a provider the default, click the provider in the Search Providers list

and then click Set Default.

5. To remove a provider, click the provider in the Search Providers list and then

click Remove.

Figure 7-7. Configuring additional search providers as alternatives

Figure 7-8. Setting a new default and removing a search provider