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You can setup ShellEnhancer in such a way that you can use a mouse gesture to search Google for the selected word. To do this, follow the following steps:

• Right click on the ShellEnhancer system tray icon (the icons next to the clock of Windows) and click on "Manage Hotkey Tasks...". A new window will appear.
• Click on the "Tasks"-menu and choose "Add New Task...". A new window will be opened.
• Give a name to this new task, for example "Google for selected text".
• Click on the "+"-button next to "Commands", choose "Run Commands" and then choose "Run...". A new window will appear.
• Type "iexplore.exe" in the "Application" entry.
• Type "http://www.google.com/search?q=%%s" in the "Parameters" entry.
• Enable the checkbox "Use selected text as %%S parameter".
• Press OK.
• If you also want to assign a shortcut to this task, click on the "+"-button next to "Hotkeys", press the hotkey you want and click on OK.
• Click OK.
• Click on the "Tools"-menu and choose "Assign Task To Mouse Gestures...", which will open a new window.
• Enable the "Enable" checkbox at the top.
• Choose a mouse gesture, for example "zigzag".
• Click on the second column of the row containing "zigzag" in the listbox.
• A list of all your tasks will appear. Choose the task you have just created above. In our example it is called "Google for selected text".
• Setup the "General Settings" as you wish.
• Click "Close".
• Close the "ShellEnhancer - Hotkey Task Manager" window.

Our Google mouse gesture is now ready. To test it, open Notepad and write a word in Notepad. Now, select this word in Notepad and make the mouse gesture that you have selected above. A new Internet Explorer window should be opened which will search on Google for the selected word.

You can setup ShellEnhancer in such a way that you can use a mouse gesture to go to the previous page in Internet Explorer. To do this, follow the following steps:

• Right click on the ShellEnhancer system tray icon (the icons next to the clock of Windows) and click on "Manage Hotkey Tasks...". A new window will appear.
• Click on the "Tasks"-menu and choose "Add New Task...". A new window will be opened.
• Give a name to this new task, for example "Go back in IE".
• Click on the "+"-button next to "Commands" and choose "Send keystroke...". A new window will appear.
• Press the following key combination: "Alt+LeftArrow". This key combination is the combination that Internet Explorer uses to go back to the previous page.
• Press OK.
• Click OK.
• Click on the "Tools"-menu and choose "Assign Task To Mouse Gestures...", which will open a new window.
• Enable the "Enable" checkbox at the top.
• Choose a mouse gesture, for example "left".
• Click on the second column of the row containing "left" in the listbox.
• A list of all your tasks will appear. Choose the task you have just created above. In our example it is called "Go back in IE".
• Setup the "General Settings" as you wish.
• Click "Close".
• Close the "ShellEnhancer - Hotkey Task Manager" window.

Our "Go back in IE" mouse gesture is now ready. To test it, open Internet Explorer and start surfing. When you want to go back to the previous page, make the mouse gesture that you have assigned above.

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