Taking Advantage of the Address Bar

Internet Explorer’s Address bar (and the Address bars that appear in all Windows 8 folder windows) appears to be nothing more than a simple type-and-click mechanism. However, it’s useful for many things, and comes with its own bag of tricks for making it even easier to use. Here’s a rundown:

• Internet Explorer maintains a list of the last few URLs you typed into the Address bar. To access this list, press F4 and then use the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys to select an item from the list.

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