What do users normally do if they want to research a phrase that they have read in a text, Word or Excel document, on a website or in a user agreement of a program that they are installing? The usual answer is that they copy the phrase, open their favorite web browser, load the a search engine and start the search for the phrase.
Search Selected makes the process easier by enabling a global hotkey that will automatically launch a search for the selected phrase. Global hotkey means that search can be launched from any application in Windows where text can be selected.
Search Selected runs silently in the background until the keyboard shortcut [CTRL Shift C] is activated. The tool will automatically launch a search for the selected search phrase in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. The only option that is offered by the program is a selection of search engines including Google Search, Bing or Yahoo Search.
The only aspect of the program that some users might not like is the fact that searches are opened in Internet Explorer with no option to change the web browser. This happens even if Internet Explorer is not the default web browser.
The background process is lightweight and uses less than 5 Megabytes of computer memory. Users who are interested in the software program can download it from the developer’s website.
Enjoyed the article?: Then sign-up for our free newsletter or RSS feed to kick off your day with the latest technology news and tips, or share the article with your friends and contacts on Facebook or Twitter.Related Articles:
Install Bing Search In Selected Web BrowsersHow To Add Search Engines To Internet Explorer
Best Torrent Search Engines
Copy Selected Links Internet Explorer
GGrep, Windows Text Search, Replace Software
Hi; if you have AutoHotKey installed you can do that with a simple script:
; ————————————————————-
; search selected text
^#g::
{
clipboardBackup = %clipboard%
Send ^c
ClipWait
Run http://www.google.com/search?q=%clipboard%
clipboard = %clipboardBackup%
return
}
You select the text, press CTRL+WIN+G and the search starts.
It uses your default web browser, among other things.