Using Accelerators to find addresses, define words, and do other tasks with selected text
Accelerators is the new feature of Internet Explorer that allows you to perform different acrions with the text that you selected on the web page. The examples of these actions are: opening a street address, looking up the definition for a word in the dictionary or searching with the spesific search engine. Internet Explorer has several Accelerators included by default. You can add or remove Accelerators as you like.
Using Accelerators
To use an Accelerator, do the following:
1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Go to the desired webpage and select the text.
3. Click the Accelerator button to display a list of Accelerators.
4. Click the Accelerator to open the web service using the highlighted text.
You can also use an Accelerator from the new tab page with text you've copied to the Clipboard, such as from an e-mail message or word-processing document. For example, if you receive a street address in an e-mail that you want to get directions for, you can copy the address to the Clipboard, open Internet Explorer, and open a new tab. On the new tab page, under Use an Accelerator, click Show copied text if you want to check the text you copied, and then click the Accelerator you've chosen for mapping.
If you want to find new Accelerators and add them to your accelerators list do the following:
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Open Internet Explorer.
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Click the Tools menu, and choose Manage Add-ons.
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In Manage Add-ons, click Accelerators.
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Click Find More Accelerators.
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You'll be redirected to the Internet Explorer Gallery webpagewhere you can look for Accelerator you need.
Managing Accelerators
To manage Accelerators, do the following:
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Open Internet Explorer.
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Click the Tools menu, and choose Manage Add-ons.
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In Manage Add-ons, click Accelerators.
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Choose an Accelerator and do one of the following:
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Click Enable or Disable to change the status of an Accelerator.
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View the home page for the Accelerator service.
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Change the category of an Accelerator.
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Find and add more Accelerators.
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Remove an Accelerator.