Searching the Web From Within OOo

Few users know all of the hidden treasures inside OOo, but today you'll discover one more cool feature.

How about being able to select a word in your Writer text, click a button, and immediately see what your favorite Internet search site knows about that word?

This is cool and easy, and the best: it is already built into your OOo (has been there for ages). All you need is OOo and a default Web browser.

To search the Web

1. Open a Writer document with some text inside.
2. Choose the menu command View - Toolbars - Hyperlink Bar.
3. Select a word or some consecutive text. You see the text in the left text box of the Hyperlink Bar. If you want, you can enter text directly into this text box.
   
4. Click the rightmost icon on the Hyperlink Bar. You see a drop-down list of Internet search sites.
5. Click your favorite site from the list. Your default Web browser opens and displays the answers.

To configure the Search sites

Some sites are already configured. You can change the options, and add more sites.

1. Choose Tools - Options - Internet - Search.
2. Click a control on the right side of the dialog, then click the Help button. Read how to configure new Web sites into this list.