While browsing the web in Internet Explorer 8, you may have come across text on a webpage that you would like to retweet via Twitter. Perhaps it's a breaking news item, a sports score, or even a person's name.

Intead of copying the desired text from the webpage, opening Twitter, and then pasting the text, you can select the webpage text from Internet Explorer 8 and change your Twitter status via an Accelerator.

1. From Internet Explorer, visit the following URL:

http://www.ieaddons.com/en/details/sharing/Share_on_Twitter/

2. Click the "Add to Internet Explorer" button.

3. Confirm the Accelerator information is correct then click the "Add" button.

Now when you visit a webpage containing text you want to retweet, highlight the text with your mouse. Click the Blue accelerator button, select "All Accelerators", then "Post on twitter".

Twitter will now open in a new tab.

If you want, this Accelerator can be easier to use by making it a default:

1. Right-click a blank area of a webpage.

2. Choose "All Accelerators" - "Manage Accelerators".

3. The "Manage Add-ons" dialog box appears. Scroll down to the "socializing" section and click "Post on twitter".

4. Click the "Set as default" button.

5. Click the "Close" button to save your settings.

Now you can select text, click the Blue accelerator button, and then immediately select "Post on twitter".

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