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No More WWWs or Dot Coms:


I don't know about you, but I get tired of typing in all of those WWWs and dot coms.... It can get so monotonous. I wish there was a way to get around such a tedious task.

Well, there is a way. If you are using a current Version of Internet Explorer (and of course you are) then you can save you fingers the extra steps of typing in those annoying Ws and dot coms. 

As an example, if you wanted to get to Google (which is the best search engine on the web by the way) you would have to type in the www.google.com (Thank goodness we don't still have to type in the entire address. Not so long ago, you'd have to type in the http:// part too. I know, it's getting better, but I'm lazy! OK? 

OK, now, if you have a current version of Internet Explorer, you can simply type in "google" in the address bar and, while holding the CONTROL key , hit the ENTER key. WHALLAH! The browser automatically adds in the www and the dot com part of it. Remember, it has to be a dot com or it wont work. It will only add dot com... no dot orgs or anything else..  But what a nice tip eh?   No more triple-dubs or dot-coms... I love it!

 

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