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The Hyperwords Toolbar is found in the top right hand corner of Firefox and it does pretty much exactly the same thing as the pop-up menu, except you write or paste text into it.

If you hit 'enter' twice, you will perform a regular web search.

To use, click on it or type control-Y on Windows or Command-Y on Mac, then enter some text - or paste from another application and hit enter. You will then get the standard Hyperwords menu.

Some commands don't require any text at all, such as a few of the 'Page Info' commands. In these cases you can just click on the little Hyperwords Logo on the right to get the menu.

Quick Jump & Keyboard Shortcuts

A really cool use of the Toolbar is if you want to look something up that is most likely going to have a specific page at the top of search results. This could be the name of a company, person, product and so on. For example type in 'Firefox', hit enter and then 'g,' for 'Go/to Google top search result' and you will automatically, immediately, go to the official Firefox page.

Send URL

With a quick click of the @ sign in the toolbar, you can send the current URL.

This feature can be turned off if you don't like it by going to the 'View' menu in Firefox, then'Toolbars' and finally 'Customize...'. Just drag the icon away and it's gone. You can later drag it back here if you like.