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Internet Explorer 7 keyboard shortcuts

KK47BR-Small.gif By Karthikeyan Shanmugam in Tips..Tricks...Tweaks
Published: Monday, 24 November 08 - 01:07 PM (GMT +05:30)
Last Updated: Friday, 05 December 08 - 06:07 PM (GMT +05:30)
F1                                         Display Help
F11                                       Toggle between full-screen and regular views of the Browser window in Internet Explorer
TAB                                      Move forward through the items on a webpage, the Address bar, or the Links bar
SHFT+TAB                             Move back through the items on a webpage, the Address Bar, or 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
SHFT+F10                             Display a shortcut menu for a link
CTRL TAB or F6                     Move forward through frames and browser elements (only works if tabbed browsing is disabled) in Internet Explorer
CTRL+SHFT+TAB                   Move backward between frames (only works if tabbed browsing is disabled)
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 in Internet Explorer
CTRL+F                              Find on this page
F5                                      Refresh the current webpage
CTRL+F5                            Refresh the current webpage, even if the time stamp for The web version and your locally stored version are the same
ESC                                  Stop downloading a page
CTRL+O                            Open a new website or page
CTRL+N                            Open a new window
CTRL+W                           Close the current window (if you only have one tab open)
CTRL S                             Save the current page in Internet Explorer
CTRL+P                            Print the current page or active frame
ENTER                              Activate a selected link
CTRL+I                             Open Favorites
CTRL H                             Open History in Internet Explorer
CTRL+J                             Open Feeds
ALT+P                              Open the Page menu
ALT+T                              Open the Tools menu
ALT+H                             Open the Help menu

Working with tabs   

CTRL click                        Open links in a new tab in the background in Internet Explorer      
CTRL+SHFT+click             Open links in a new tab in the foreground                   
CTRL+T                           Open a new tab in the foreground                                
CTRL+TAB or CTRL+SHFT+TAB  Switch between tabs
CTRL+W                           Close current tab (or the current window if tabbed browsing is disabled)    
ALT+ENTER                      Open a new tab in the foreground from the Address bar
CTRL n (where n is a number between 1 and 8)    Switch to a specific tab number in Internet Explorer                              
CTRL+9    Switch to the last tab                                                  
CTRL+ALT+F4                 Close other tabs                                  
CTRL+Q                          Toggle Quick Tabs (thumbnail view) on or off 

Using zoom   

CTRL+PLUS SIGN            Increase zoom (+ 10%)
CTRL+MINUS SIGN          Decrease zoom (- 10%)
CTRL+0                           Zoom to 100%

Using search   

CTRL E                           Go to the search box in Internet Explorer
ALT+ENTER                    Open your search query in a new tab
CTRL+DOWN ARROW     Open the search provider menu

Using Print Preview   

ALT P                            Set printing options and print the page in Internet Explorer
ALT+U                           Change paper, headers and footers, orientation, and margins for this page
ALT+HOME                    Display the first page to be printed
ALT+LEFT ARROW         Display the previous page to be printed
ALT+A                           Type the number of the page you want displayed
ALT RIGHT ARROW        Display the next page to be printed in Internet Explorer
ALT+END                      Display the last page to be printed
ALT+F                           Specify how you want frames to print (this option is available only if you are printing a webpage that uses frames)
ALT+C                          Close Print Preview

Using the Address bar   

ALT D                           Select the text in the Address bar in Internet Explorer
F4                                Display a list of addresses you've typed
CTRL+LEFT ARROW      When in the Address bar, move the cursor left to the next logical break in the address (period or slash)
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW    When in the Address bar, move the cursor right to the next logical break in the address (period or slash)
CTRL+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 in Internet Explorer

Opening Internet Explorer toolbar menus   

ALT+M                   Open the Home menu
ALT R                     Open the Print menu in Internet Explorer
ALT+J                    Open the RSS menu
ALT O                    Open the Tools menu in Internet Explorer
ALT+L                    Open the Help menu

Working with feeds, history, and favorite
s   

CTRL+D                 Add the current page to your favorites (or subscribe to the feed when in feed preview)
CTRL B                 Open the Organize Favorites dialog box in Internet Explorer
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

ALT+C                   Open Favorites Center and display your favorites
CTRL+H                 Open Favorites Center and display your history
CTRL+J                  Open Favorites Center and display your feeds
CTRL+SHFT+J        Open and dock the Favorites Center and display your feeds
ALT+Z                   Open Add to Favorites menu (or open Subscribe to feed when in feed preview)
ALT A                    Open the Favorites menu from the menu bar in Internet Explorer
ALT+I                   Display all feeds (when in feed view)
ALT+M                  Mark a feed as read (when in feed view)
ALT+S                  Put cursor in Search box in feed view

Editing   

CTRL+X                Remove the selected items and copy them to the Clipboard
CTRL C                 Copy the selected items to the Clipboard in Internet Explorer
CTRL+V                Insert the contents of the Clipboard at the selected location
CTRL+A                Select all items on the current webpage

Using the Information bar   

ALT N                  Move focus to the Information bar in Internet Explorer
SPACEBAR          Click the Information bar
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