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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Steve Cook<span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>National Association of Guide Dog Users Board Member<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>President of the Computer Science & Technology Division of the National Federation of the Blind of SC <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Sharon Lyons <info@sharons-shortcuts.ie> <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 6, 2026 4:00 AM<br><b>To:</b> cookcafe@sc.rr.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Shortcut of the Week: Mute/Unmute Audio in Firefox<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=600 valign=top style='width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='max-width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='background:#FAFAFA;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;background:cover;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;background-size: cover;background-position-x:50%;background-position-y:50%' id=templateHeader></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='border:none;border-bottom:solid #EAEAEA 1.5pt;background:white;padding:0in 0in 6.75pt 0in;background:cover;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;background-size: cover;background-position-x:50%;background-position-y:50%' id=templateBody><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-2.25pt;margin-right:-2.25pt'><tr><td width=599 valign=top style='width:449.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-2.25pt;margin-right:-2.25pt'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;max-width:100%;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;float:left'><h1><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Thank you for being on the Sharon's Shortcuts Mailing list.</span><o:p></o:p></h1><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#202020'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><h1><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Mozilla Firefox</span></strong><o:p></o:p></h1><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#202020'>Mozilla is a global, non-profit organisation and community, focused on making the Internet open, accessible and private. They are best known for creating the free, open-source Firefox Web browser in 2004, as a faster, more customisable, more private Web browser, which it continues to strive to be today.<br>Mozilla advocates for user rights, promoting open standards for a healthier web. We admire this philosophy, and we love their logos!<br><a href="https://sharons-shortcuts.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b8f7789e1b727d353e4123491&id=e3e01ebbf3&e=d18fbd04e9" target="_blank"><span style='color:#2393A9'>Follow this link to learn more about Mozilla's mission.</span></a><br>We have decided to spotlight Firefox in our Shortcut of the Week for the next few months. Many of the shortcuts are the same in all the main Web browsers, but there are some that are specific to Firefox, so we will explain this as we go along.<br>At time of posting, we are using Firefox version 147.0.1, running on Windows 11.</span><span style='font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#202020'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#202020'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><h1><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>This Week's Shortcut:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></h1><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#202020'>Sometimes, when browsing the Web, we land on a webpage that starts playing a noisy ad and we need to turn the sound off. Or perhaps we may need to silence a Youtube video for a bit, or take a sound break from a live radio feed or podcast for a moment.<br><br>To mute audio on the current webpage, press <strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Control + M</span></strong>. To get the sound playing again, press <strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Control + M</span></strong> again.</span><span style='font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#202020'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#202020'>This shortcut works in Microsoft Edge, but, at time of posting, we had inconsistent behaviour in Google Chrome and found that it would not mute ads.</span><span style='font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#202020'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#202020'>You can find these shortcuts and previous shortcuts of the week on the website in the <a href="https://sharons-shortcuts.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b8f7789e1b727d353e4123491&id=85ba2d2ba8&e=d18fbd04e9" target="_blank"><span style='color:#2393A9'>Shortcut of the Week</span></a> section. As always, if you would like to find out or share a particular shortcut for an everyday task on your PC, please get in touch!</span><span style='font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#202020'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#202020'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#202020'>Stay safe and well and have a great week!</span><span style='font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#202020'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='background:#FAFAFA;padding:6.75pt 0in 6.75pt 0in;background:cover;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;background-size: cover;background-position-x:50%;background-position-y:50%' id=templateFooter><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 13.5pt 18.75pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-2.25pt;margin-right:-2.25pt'><tr><td width=600 valign=top style='width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-2.25pt;margin-right:-2.25pt'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;max-width:100%;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;float:left'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><em><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#656565'>Copyright © 2026 Sharon's Shortcuts, All rights reserved.</span></em><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#656565'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#656565'><br>Shortcut of the Week is supported by <a href="https://sharons-shortcuts.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b8f7789e1b727d353e4123491&id=b87c7ad661&e=d18fbd04e9" target="_blank"><span style='color:#656565'>Sight and Sound Technology</span></a><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#656565'><img border=0 width=127 height=120 style='width:1.325in;height:1.25in' id="_x0000_i1030" src="https://mcusercontent.com/b8f7789e1b727d353e4123491/images/e6c09bf5-a91d-0a85-f51e-880f81625582.png"></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#656565'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#656565'>If you no longer want to receive these emails? 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