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� There are hundreds of search providers that you can add to your Internet Explorer search box.
� When you use the search box, you can select the search provider you want to use.
� In Internet Explorer, Bing is the default search provider, but you can change that setting toanother provider.
To complete this project, you will need the following file:� New blank WordPad document
You will save your document as:� Lastname_Firstname_w07_03_Providers
1. On the taskbar, click the Internet Explorer button .
2. Click the search box arrow, and then click Manage Search Providers. Compare your screenwith Figure 1.
Search providers are a type of add-on—a small program added to a browser to addfunctionality. Internet Explorer add-ons include toolbars, search providers, andAccelerators.
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More Skills 12 Manage Search Providers
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Figure 1
Current searchproviders (yours
may be different)
Manage Add-onsdialog box
3. In the lower-left corner of the Manage Add-ons dialog box, click Find more searchproviders.
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5. Under Wikipedia Visual Search, click the Add to Internet Explorer button.
6. In the Add Search Provider dialog box, select the Make this my default search providercheck box. Compare your screen with Figure 3, and then click Add.
When you add a search provider,you have the option to make it the default search provideror to accept search suggestions from that provider. Search suggestions are the words andphrases that display as you type in a search box.
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Figure 3
Figure 2
Search Providers- Add-ons Gallery
page
Wikipedia VisualSearch
Default searchprovider option
Use searchsuggestions
option
4. Maximize the Search Providers - Add-ons Gallery window. Scroll as needed to displayWikipedia Visual Search. Compare your screen with Figure 2.
If the list of providers has changed, you can complete this project by substituting otherproviders.
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7. Scroll as needed to display Google Search Suggestions. Under Google Search Suggestions,click the Add to Internet Explorer button. If you have already installed this search provideron your computer, click OK.
8. In the Add Search Provider dialog box, leave the Make this my default search providercheck box cleared, and then click the Add button.
9. Repeat the technique just practiced to add ESPN Search, and then Close the SearchProviders - Add-ons Gallery window. Close the Manage Add-ons dialog box.
10. Click the search box arrow, compare your screen with Figure 4, and then click Wikipedia(en) (Default).
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ESPN Searchand Google
added to list
Wikipedia (en)set as default
provider
Figure 4
11. Close , and then Open Internet Explorer. Click in the search box, typeCalifornia Parks and then click the Search button to display the search resultsfrom Wikipedia.
12. Click the New Tab button . Click the search box arrow, and then click Bing todisplay the search results from Bing.
13. Click the New Tab button . Click the search box arrow, and then click ESPNSearch to display the search results from ESPN.
14. Click the New Tab button . Click the search box arrow, and then click Googleto display the search results from Google.
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16. Create a Full-Screen Snip. Copy the snip, and then Close the markup windowwithout saving the changes.
17. In the Manage Add-ons dialog box, click Bing, and then click the Set as default button.
18. In the Manage Add-ons dialog box, click ESPN Search, and then click the Remove button.Repeat this technique to remove Google and Wikipedia (en). Close the Manage Add-ons dialog box.
19. Close Internet Explorer, and then in the displayed message, click Close all tabs.
20 Start WordPad, and type your first and last name. Add a new line, and then typeWindows 7 Chapter 3 More Skills 12 Add a new line, and then Paste the snip.
21. Click Save , and then in the Save As dialog box, navigate to your Windows 7 Chapter 3folder. In the File name box, type Lastname_Firstname_w7_03_Providers and then clickSave.
22. If you are printing this project, print the WordPad document.
23. Exit WordPad. Submit your printout or WordPad file as directed by your instructor.
� You have completed More Skills 12
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Figure 5
15. Click the search box arrow, and then click Manage Search Providers. Move the ManageAdd-ons dialog box so that it does not cover the four tabs displayed in the tab row.Compare your screen with Figure 5.
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