Internet Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts

Internet Explorer Keyboard Short Cuts

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Browsing Web pages:

F1	Display Internet Explorer Help, or when in a dialog box, display context help on an item
F11	Toggle between Full Screen and normal view
Tab	Move forward through items on a Web page, the Address bar, and the Links bar
Shift+Tab	Move back through items on a Web page, the Address bar, and the Links bar
Alt + Home	Go to your Home page
Alt + Right Arrow	Go to the next page
Alt + Left Arrow or Backspace	Go to the previous page
Shift + F10	Display a shortcut menu for a link
Control + Tab or F6	Move forward between frames
Shift + Control + Tab	Move back between frames
Up Arrow	Scroll toward the beginning of a document
Down Arrow	Scroll toward the end of a document
Page Up	Scroll toward the beginning of a document in larger increments
Page Down	Scroll toward the end of a document in larger increments
Home	Move to the beginning of a document
End	Move to the end of a document
Control + F	Find on this page
F5 or Control + R	Refresh the current Web page only if the time stamp for the Web version and your locally stored version are different
Control + F5	Refresh the current Web page, even if the time stamp for the Web version and your locally stored version are the same
Escape	Stop downloading a page
Control + O or Control + L	Go to a new location
Control + N	Open a new window
Control + W	Close the current window
Control + S	Save the current page
Control + P	Print the current page or active frame
Enter	Activate a selected link
Control + E	Open "blue" in Explorer bar
Control + I	Open Favorites in Explorer bar
Control + H	Open History in Explorer bar
Control + click	In History or Favorites bars, open multiple folders

Using the Address bar:

Alt + D	Select the text in the Address bar
F4	Display the Address bar history
Control + Left Arrow	When in the Address bar, move the cursor left to the next logical break (. or /)
Control + Right Arrow	When in the Address bar, move the cursor right to the next logical break (. or /)
Control + Enter	Add "www." to the beginning and ".com" to the end of the text typed in the Address bar
Up Arrow	Move forward through the list of AutoComplete matches
Down Arrow	Move back through the list of AutoComplete matches

Working with favorites:

Control + D	Add the current page to your favorites
Control + B	Open the Organize Favorites dialog box
Alt + Up Arrow	Move selected item up in the Favorites list in the Organize Favorites dialog box
Alt + Down Arrow	Move selected item down in the Favorites list in the Organize Favorites dialog box

Editing Documents:

Control + X

Remove the selected items and copy them to the Clipboard

Control + C

Copy the selected items to the Clipboard

Control + V

Insert the contents of the Clipboard at the selected location

Control + A

Select all items on the current Web page

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