Microsoft Internet Explorer Hotkeys - Keyboard Shortcuts

To do this Press this 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

To do this Press this 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 8) 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

To do this Press this Increase zoom (+ 10%) CTRL+PLUS SIGN Decrease zoom (- 10%) CTRL+MINUS SIGN Zoom to 100% CTRL+0

Using search

To do this Press this 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

To do this Press this 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

To do this Press this 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

To do this Press this 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

To do this Press this 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

To do this Press this 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