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Internet Explorer IE shortcut keys

Care of http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306832

How to View and Explore Web Pages Shortcut Keys

To view and explore Web pages with shortcut keys:

To
do this

Press this key

Display
Internet Explorer Help or to
display context Help about an item in
a dialog box

F1

Toggle
between full-screen and other
views in the browser

F11

Move
forward through the items on a
Web page, the Address box, or the
Links box

TAB

Move
through the items on a Web page,
the Address box, or the Links box

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 between frames

CTRL+TAB or F6

Move
back between frames

SHIFT+CTRL+TAB

Scroll
toward the beginning of a

UP ARROW

document

 

Scroll
toward the end of a document

DOWN ARROW

Scroll
toward the beginning of a
document

PAGE UP

Scroll
toward the beginning 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 Web page

F5 or CTRL+R

Refresh
the current Web page, even if
the time stamp for the Web version and
your locally stored version are the same

CTRL+F5

Stop
downloading a page

ESC

Go
to a new location

CTRL+O or CTRL+L

Open
a new window

CTRL+N

Close
the current window

CTRL+W

Save
the current page

CTRL+S

Print
the current page or active frame

CTRL+P

Activate
a selected link

ENTER

Open
the Search box

CTRL+E

Open
the Favorites box

CTRL+I

Open
the History box

CTRL+H

In
the History or Favorites boxes,
open multiple folders

CTRL+click

How to Print Preview With Shortcut Keys

To Print Preview Web pages with shortcut keys:

To do this

Press this key

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 that 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

Zoom in

ALT+PLUS

Display a list of
zoom percentages

ALT+Z

Close Print Preview

ALT+C

How to Use the Address Box Shortcut Keys

To use the Address box with shortcut keys:

To do this

Press this key

Select the text in
the Address box

ALT+D

Display a list of
addresses that you
have typed

F4

When in the Address
box, move the cursor
left to the next logical break in the
address (period or slash)

CTRL+LEFT ARROW

When in the Address
box, 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 that you type in
the Address box

CTRL+ENTER

Move forward
through the list of
AutoComplete matches

UP ARROW

Move back through
the list of
AutoComplete matches

DOWN ARROW

How to Work With Favorites By Using Shortcut Keys

To work with Favorites by using shortcut keys:

To do this

Press this key

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

How to Edit With Shortcut Keys

To edit with shortcut keys:

To do this

Press this key

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 Web page

CTRL+A