Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 Hotkeys - Keyboard Shortcuts
Viewing and exploring webpages |
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 | |
Using the Information bar |
To do this | Press this | Move focus to the Information bar | ALT+N | Click the Information bar | SPACEBAR | |
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