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Friday, September 24, 2010

INTERNET EXPLORER 9 KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

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

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