Table describing shortcuts used to view and explore webpages
| To do this |
Press this |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Open the Home menu |
Alt + M |
| Open the Print menu |
Alt + R |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| Mark a feed as read (when in feed view) |
Alt + M |
Table describing shortcuts used for zooming
| 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 the Tools menu |
Alt + O |
| Open the Help menu |
Alt + L |
| Close the current window (if you only have one tab open) |
Ctrl + W |
| Save the current page |
Ctrl + S |
| Activate a selected link |
Enter |
| Increase zoom |
Ctrl + Plus Sign |
| Decrease zoom |
Ctrl + Minus Sign |
| Zoom to 100% |
Ctrl + 0 |
| 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 |
Table describing shortcuts used for search
| To do this |
Press this |
| Select the text in the Address bar |
Alt + D |
| 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 |
| Add the current page to your favorites (or subscribe to the feed when in feed preview) |
Ctrl + D |
| Put the cursor in search box in feed view |
Alt + S |
| 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 |
Table describing shortcuts used when printing webpages
| To do this |
Press this |
| Print the current page or active frame |
Ctrl + P |
| Set printing options and print the page |
Ctrl + 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 |
