Use this settings dialog to can add/remove/change Address Bar Shortcuts used by Research-Desk.

Address Bar Shortcuts are short words (perhaps as short as two letters) that you can type in the Browser's Address Bar (where you normally type in a URL). Research-Desk's Address Bar Shortcuts use a text substitution engine that automatically replaces words or phrases typed in the address bar with a full URL.

When using Address Bar Shortcuts, you define a shortcut such as "go" and a URL such as "http://www.google.com/search?q={A}". Research-Desk replaces any URL that begins with the word "go" with the corresponding URL ("http://www.google.com/search?q={A}").

Research-Desk identifies special character combinations in the URL and replaces them with words that you have typed in. For example, a browser address bar shortcut URL may contain "{1}" or "{2}" to refer to the first or second word typed or "{A}" to refer to all words typed after the shortcut.

So if you define the shortcut and URL combination described above ("go" and "http://www.google.com/search?q={A}"), Research-Desk will substitute all words typed after the word "go" into the "{A}" portion of the URL.

Research-Desk comes with a number of pre-defined shortcuts:

go searches the web using Google

ya searches the web using Yahoo

di searches dictionary.com for the meaning of the word

So, you can type go Jupiter or di Jupiter in the browser's Address Bar to search the web for information on Jupiter.

Select Research-Desk Tools, Options, then click on the Browser - Address Bar Shortcuts category to access the Browser - Address Bar Shortcuts dialog. Then simply click on an empty cell in the list to type in a new shortcut.

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