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URL short-cut

To get quickly to any web page, put a shortcut on your desk-top in one of these ways.

  1. Arrange your browser window so that you can also see your desktop.
  2. Point at the URL, then click and hold down your mouse button.
  3. Still holding down the mouse button, drag across to the desktop and let go.

OR, if you are working in Internet Explorer

  1. While pointing your mouse at a URL, click the right mouse button.
  2. Choose Copy Shortcut from the short contextual menu that appears.
  3. Left click on your computer desktop.
  4. Click your right mouse button.
  5. Choose Paste Shortcut from the menu that appears.

Double-click on the icon at any time to link directly to the URL. If you are not already connected to the internet, your computer will launch a web connection and web browser.

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