Sunday, May 1, 2011

Internet Explorer keyboard shortcuts


The following describes shortcuts used to view and explore webpages.

Display Help
F1

Toggle between full-screen and regular views of the browser window
F11

Move forward through the items on a webpage, the Address bar, or the Links bar
TAB

Move back through the items on a webpage, the Address bar, or the Links bar
SHIFT+TAB

Go to your home page
ALT+HOME

Go to the next page
ALT+RIGHT ARROW

Go to the previous page
ALT+LEFT ARROW or BACKSPACE

Display a shortcut menu for a link
SHIFT+F10

Move forward through frames and browser elements (only works if tabbed browsing is disabled)
CTRL+TAB or F6

Move backward between frames (only works if tabbed browsing is disabled)
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB

Scroll toward the beginning of a document
UP ARROW

Scroll toward the end of a document
DOWN ARROW

Scroll toward the beginning of a document in larger increments
PAGE UP

Scroll toward the end of a document in larger increments
PAGE DOWN

Move to the beginning of a document
HOME

Move to the end of a document
END

Find on this page
CTRL+F

Refresh the current webpage
F5

Refresh the current webpage, even if the time stamp for the web version and your locally stored version are the same
CTRL+F5

Stop downloading a page
ESC

Open a new website or page
CTRL+O

Open a new window
CTRL+N

Close the current window (if you only have one tab open)
CTRL+W

Save the current page
CTRL+S

Print the current page or active frame
CTRL+P

Activate a selected link
ENTER

Open Favorites
CTRL+I

Open History
CTRL+H

Open Feeds
CTRL+J

Open the Page menu
ALT+P

Open the Tools menu
ALT+T

Open the Help menu
ALT+H



Working with tabs
The following describes shortcuts used when working with tabs.

Open links in a new tab in the background
CTRL+click

Open links in a new tab in the foreground
CTRL+SHIFT+click

Open a new tab in the foreground
CTRL+T

Switch between tabs
CTRL+TAB or CTRL+SHIFT+TAB

Close current tab (or the current window if tabbed browsing is disabled)
CTRL+W

Open a new tab in the foreground from the Address bar
ALT+ENTER

Switch to a specific tab number
CTRL+n (where n is a number between 1 and

Switch to the last tab
CTRL+9

Close other tabs
CTRL+ALT+F4

Toggle Quick Tabs (thumbnail view) on or off
CTRL+Q



Using zoom
The following describes shortcuts used for zooming.

Increase zoom (+ 10%)
CTRL+PLUS SIGN

Decrease zoom (- 10%)
CTRL+MINUS SIGN

Zoom to 100%
CTRL+0



Using search
The following describes shortcuts used for search.

Go to the search box
CTRL+E

Open your search query in a new tab
ALT+ENTER

Open the search provider menu
CTRL+DOWN ARROW



Using Print Preview
The following describes shortcuts used to preview and print webpages.

Set printing options and print the page
ALT+P

Change paper, headers and footers, orientation, and margins for this page
ALT+U

Display the first page to be printed
ALT+HOME

Display the previous page to be printed
ALT+LEFT ARROW

Type the number of the page you want displayed
ALT+A

Display the next page to be printed
ALT+RIGHT ARROW

Display the last page to be printed
ALT+END

Zoom out
ALT+MINUS SIGN

Zoom in
ALT+PLUS SIGN

Display a list of zoom percentages
ALT+Z

Specify how you want frames to print (this option is available only if you are printing a webpage that uses frames)
ALT+F

Close Print Preview
ALT+C



Using the Address bar
The following describes shortcuts used on the Address bar.

Select the text in the Address bar
ALT+D

Display a list of addresses you've typed
F4

When in the Address bar, move the cursor left to the next logical break in the address (period or slash)
CTRL+LEFT ARROW

When in the Address bar, move the cursor right to the next logical break in the address (period or slash)
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW

Add "www." to the beginning and ".com" to the end of the text typed in the Address bar
CTRL+ENTER

Move forward through the list of AutoComplete matches
UP ARROW

Move back through the list of AutoComplete matches
DOWN ARROW



Opening Internet Explorer toolbar menus
The following describes shortcuts used to open Internet Explorer toolbar menus.

Open the Home menu
ALT+M

Open the Print menu
ALT+R

Open the RSS menu
ALT+J

Open the Tools menu
ALT+O

Open the Help menu
ALT+L



Working with feeds, history, and favorites
The following describes shortcuts used when working with feeds, history, and favorites.

Add the current page to your favorites
CTRL+D

Open the Organize Favorites dialog box
CTRL+B

Move selected item up in the Favorites list in the Organize Favorites dialog box
ALT+UP ARROW

Move selected item down in the Favorites list in the Organize Favorites dialog box
ALT+DOWN ARROW

Open Favorites Center and display your favorites
ALT+C

Open Favorites Center and display your history
CTRL+H

Open Favorites Center and display your feeds
CTRL+J

Open and dock the Favorites Center and display your feeds
CTRL+SHIFT+J

Open Add to Favorites menu
ALT+Z

Display all feeds (when in feed view)
ALT+I

Mark a feed as read (when in feed view)
ALT+M

Put cursor in Search box in feed view
ALT+S



Editing
The following describes shortcuts used when editing webpages.

Remove the selected items and copy them to the Clipboard
CTRL+X

Copy the selected items to the Clipboard
CTRL+C

Insert the contents of the Clipboard at the selected location
CTRL+V

Select all items on the current webpage
CTRL+A



Using the Information bar
The following describes shortcuts used when working with the Information bar.

Move focus to the Information bar
ALT+N

Click the Information bar
SPACEBAR

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