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I routinely right-click on links to open the link in a new window, especially when I am reading posts on a discussion page. You never have to wait for the index page to reload that way. You just open a thread in a new window, and close that window when you're done.
Right-clicking in general is a good habit to get into when using Windows. It usually brings up a context-specific menu and can be quite useful and time saving.
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I've only just discovered how right clicking works on this site, so thanks for the hints. I routinely run at least three or four windows at once and find it works very well.
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A quick way to open a second instance is Ctrl + N
To close any active window (or log off) use Alt + F4
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Dag nab it! b-y, that's brilliant!! exactly the way I deal with e-mail messages. hadn't realised just how much web pages and e-mail was the same.
Many thanks
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And an easy way to switch between windows is alt+tab.
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Jackie,
another tip for you, if you're running Win9x: Do you have little clickable icons next to the "START" button, in the lower left hand corner of your screen? they will be ordered horizontally, along your grey taskbar. there likely is an Internet Explorer link there (that blue "e" with the electron-path-ish whatchamacallit orbiting around it). if so, you can simply click on that in order to open an additional window (or three... i have 8 running at the moment, though i wouldn't recommend it if you have a slow processor). OTOH, if you don't already have the IE icon in that area, you can drag the one on your desktop down there, and simply drop it in. the desktop one won't disappear, but you'll have a second link appear in the taskbar. i just prefer using this method so that i don't have to minimize my open windows in order to get to the shortcut; the task bar is always visible and accessible.
bridget=)
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Bridget, that's how I would have answered Jackie's question as well - I always jusst click on the Explorer shortcut icon on my Quick Launch bar. What a lovely surprise to see a post about the medium generate so much comment here. 
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or right click on the start button-- it will open a short menu with MS IE too.
I teach pc skills-- and i always mention PC are like cats-- 100 way to skin a cat-- almost as many ways to do something in windows (or Notes, or WP, or 123, etc...)
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>What a lovely surprise to see a post about the medium generate so much comment here. especially one which, quite *simply, was intended as self-promotion; eh max? 
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especially one which, quite *simply, was intended as self-promotion; eh max? As I say after the first coffee of each new day: "A hit, a very palatable hit!"
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