To use, hold down the first key listed, press and release the second key listed, release the first key.
Ctrl + C Copies Highlighted Text
Ctrl + G Gets a Member Profile
Ctrl + K Opens the Keyword Box
Ctrl + I Opens Instant Message
Ctrl + L Locates a Member Online
Ctrl + M Opens New E-Mail
Ctrl + N Opens a Notepad
Ctrl + P Opens the Print Dialogue Box
Ctrl + R Opens Your Mailbox
Ctrl + V Pastes Copied Text
Ctrl + X Cuts Highlighted Text
Ctrl + Y Adds to My Calendar
Ctrl + a Select all text
Ctrl + b bold selected text
Ctrl + c copy selected text
Ctrl + d open font dialog box
Ctrl + e center line
Ctrl + f open find dialog box
Ctrl + g open go to dialog box
Ctrl + h open replace dialog box
Note: case doesn't matter! These commands work with the letters in either upper or lowercase.
Here are a few Internet Explorer shortcuts that you may find useful.
- To search for a particular word or phrase on a web page just press CTRL + F to open the Find dialog.
- Hold down the shift key when you click a link to have it open in a new window. If you plan on returning to that page, a new window is faster to open and close than backing up through pages.
- Press the Backspace key on your keyboard to go back a page, or press ALT + the Left Arrow. ALT + the Right Arrow goes forward a page, and ALT + Home take you to your home page.
- Press the Spacebar to move down the page one screen length. Hold the shift key down as you press the Spacebar to jump UP the page. Use the Up and Down Arrows to scroll slower.
- In IE 5.5 and above, in most cases you can just type "domain_Name.com" instead of typing the "www" first. IE knows to search for it on the web. Works for most sites, but a few can't be found without the www - that's a problem with that site and not Internet Explorer.
- Press the F11 key to open your browser into full screen mode. This hides all the other stuff that can get in your way of viewing things. Press it again to leave full screen mode.
- CTRL + O opens the dialog to type in a web address. Useful for full screen mode surfers.- Right-click the tool bar and select Auto-hide. This hides the tool bar for true full screen surfing. To use the hidden tool bar, just move your mouse to the top edge of the screen. Move your mouse away and it disappears again. (Note: You can do this with your taskbar too, by clicking the Start button, pointing to settings, and clicking Taskbar & Start Menu. Then place a check by the Autohide feature and click Apply.)
- Press the F5 key to reload the page. Press F4 & F5 at the same time to have the page reloaded at the page top instead of wherever you had scrolled to.
- Press the Esc key to stop the current page from loading.
- Press CTRL + N to open the current page in a new window.
- All the usual shortcuts work as well. CTRL + P opens the print dialog, CTRL + A highlights everything on the page, CTRL + C copies what you have highlighted.
- To get a drop-down list of recently-visited pages, click F4.
- To highlight (select) the address, click F6. Then just type in the address of the web page you want to go to.
To use, hold down the first key listed, press and release the second key listed, release the first key. Try them out!
ALT+SPACEBAR - Displays the System menu for the window you're in.
CTRL+ESC - Displays the Start button menu
ALT+ Underlined Letter In A Menu Name - Opens the corresponding menu (ex. Alt F opens the File menu in most programs). The underlined letter in a command name on an open menu performs that command (ex S, when the File menu is open, gives the command to save the file)
F10 key - Activates the menu bar. You can then use the Right Arrow or Left Arrow to move to commands to the right or left. When you're on the one you want, use the down arrow to open the menu and highlight the command you want to use. Press the Enter key to give the command.
F6 key - In Internet Explorer, this highlights the address bar; then just type in the address you want to go to.
