On Sep 5, 2008, at 9:43 AM, Peter Altschul wrote: > > > > > > Here are instructions for getting the weather for your city with > just a keystroke. > > > > 1. Go to: http://www.simpleweather.com/ > > 2. An edit box will appear where you can type in your zip code. > Type it in and press enter. > > 3. Once the city you have chosen appears, do an alt d to highlight > the address bar. > > 4. Do a control c to copy that web address to the clipboard. > > 5. Go to your desk top, windows key d or m. > > 6. Make sure nothing is highlighted. If it is, do a control space > to unselect. > > 7. Press your application key and arrow up to, new and press enter. > > 8. Arrow down to, shortcut and press enter. > > 9. An edit box will appear asking you to type in and address. Just > do a control v to paste the web address in your clipboard in the > edit box and then press enter. > > 10. Another edit box will appear asking you to type in a name. You > can type anything that will identify this web address. I just use, > Weather. After you type in the name, tab to finish and press enter. > > 11.. Go back to your desk top and type the first letter of the name > you just typed in the last edit box. If you have several icons > that begin with that same letter, you may have to type the letter > several times until you hear the name you are looking for is > highlighted. > > ``12. Once you find that name, do an alt enter to bring up the > properties. > > 13. Tab to, shortcut key, hotkey. > > 14. Here you can assign a shortcut key of your choosing. I use, > control shift w, but you can use any character or number along with > the control shift or alt control combination. Just make sure you > don’t duplicate another hotkey you may already have assigned. > > 15. Once you put in your key combination, tab to OK and press enter. > > 16. Now if you did everything correctly, you can use that key > combination to bring up the weather for the city you selected. > > > > > > Denny Huff > > > > Gateway FT Blind LLC. > > > > P.O. Box 515 > > St. Clair, MO 63077 > > > > P: (636) 262-1383 > > F: (636) 629-1710 > > > > [log in to unmask] > > > > The Gateway To Independence > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.6.15/1649 - Release Date: > 9/3/2008 7:15 AM > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.6.15/1649 - Release Date: > 9/3/2008 7:15 AM > > Leave list: [log in to unmask] > > VICUG-L is archived on the World Wide Web at http://listserv.i > cors.or g/archives/vicug-l.html > > Send questions on list operation to [log in to unmask] > > VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List. Archived on the World Wide Web at http://listserv.icors.org/archives/vicug-l.html Signoff: [log in to unmask] Subscribe: [log in to unmask]