IE Shortcut Keys
- Viewing and Exploring Web Pages
- Using the Address Bar
- Working with Favourites
- Editing
- Printing and Print Preview
Viewing and Exploring Web Pages
| To do this: | Press this: |
|---|---|
| Display Internet Explorer Help, or when in a dialogue box, display context Help on an item. | F1. |
| Toggle between full-screen and regular views of the browser window. | F11. |
| Move forward through the items on a Web page, the Address bar, and the Links bar. | TAB. |
| Move back through the items on a Web page, the Address bar, and 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 between frames. | CTRL+TAB or F6. |
| Move back between frames. | SHIFT+CTRL+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 Web page. | F5 or CTRL+R. |
| Force refresh the current Web page, even if the time stamp for the Web version and your locally stored version are the same. | CTRL+F5. |
| Stop downloading a page. | ESC (the Escape key). |
| Go to a new location. | CTRL+O or CTRL+L. |
| Open a new window. | CTRL+N. |
| Close the current window. | CTRL+W. |
| Save the current page. | CTRL+S. |
| Print the current page or active frame. | CTRL+P. |
| Activate a selected link. | ENTER. |
| Open the Search bar. | CTRL+E. |
| Open the Favorites bar. | CTRL+I. |
| Open the History bar. | CTRL+H. |
| In the History or Favorites bars, open multiple folders. | CTRL+click. |
Using the Address Bar
| To do this: | Press this: |
|---|---|
| Go to the Address bar to type in a web address (U.R.L.), selecting any text already there. | 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. |
Working with Favourites
| To do this: | Press this: |
|---|---|
| Add the current page to your favourites. | CTRL+D. |
| Open the Organize Favourites dialogue box. | CTRL+B. |
| Move selected item up in the Favourites list in the Organize Favourites dialogue box. | ALT+UP ARROW. |
| Move selected item down in the Favourites list in the Organize Favourites dialogue box. | ALT+DOWN ARROW. |
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 Web page. | CTRL+A. |
Printing and 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. |
| Zoom in. | ALT+PLUS. |
| Display a list of zoom percentages. | ALT+Z. |
| Close Print Preview. | ALT+C. |