VIEWING AND EXPLORING WEB PAGES
| 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 Favorites bar | TAB |
| Move back through the items on a webpage, the Address bar, or the Favorites bar | SHIFT+TAB |
| Start Caret Browsing | F7 |
| 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 | CTRL+TAB or F6 |
| 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 |
| Open a new InPrivate Browsing window | CTRL+SHIFT+P |
| Duplicate tab (open current tab in a new tab) | CTRL+K |
| Reopen the last tab you closed | CTRL+SHIFT+T |
| 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 table describes shortcuts used when 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 |
| 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 IE TOOLBAR MENU:
| 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 Safety menu | ALT+S |
| Open the Help menu | ALT+L |
WORKING WITH FEED, HISTORY AND FAVOURITES:
| To do this | Press this |
| Add the current page to your favorites (or subscribe to the feed when in feed preview) | CTRL+D |
| Delete browsing history | CTRL+SHIFT+DEL |
| Open an InPrivate Browsing window | CTRL+SHIFT+P |
| 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 the Add to Favorites menu (or open Subscribe to feed when in feed preview) | ALT+Z |
| Open the Favorites menu from the menu bar | ALT+A |
| 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 |
| Open Internet Explorer Developer Tools | F12 |
USING INFORMATION BAR:
| To do this | Press this |
| Move focus to the Information bar | ALT+N |
| Click the Information bar | SPACEBAR |
