Internet Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut Keys to View and Explore Web Pages

To do this...............................Press this key
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Display Internet Explorer Help or to.....F1
display context Help about an item in
a dialog box

Toggle between full-screen and other.....F11
views in the browser

Move forward through the items on a......TAB
Web page, the Address box, or the
Links box

Move through the items on a Web page,....SHIFT+TAB
the Address box, or the Links box

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..........UP ARROW
document

Scroll toward the end of a document.......DOWN ARROW

Scroll toward the beginning of a..........PAGE UP
document in larger increments

Scroll toward the end of a document.......PAGE DOWN
in larger increments

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

Refresh the current Web page, even if.....CTRL+F5
the time stamp for the Web version and
your locally stored version are the same

Stop downloading a page...................ESC

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 box.......................CTRL+E

Open the Favorites box....................CTRL+I

Open the History box......................CTRL+H

In the History or Favorites boxes,........CTRL+click
open multiple folders

How to Use the Address Box With Shortcut Keys

To do this................................Press this key
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Select the text in the Address box.........ALT+D

Display a list of addresses that you.......F4
have typed

When in the Address box, move the cursor...CTRL+LEFT ARROW
left to the next logical break in the
address (period or slash)

When in the Address box, move the cursor...CTRL+RIGHT ARROW
right to the next logical break in the
address (period or slash)

Add "www." to the beginning and ".com".....CTRL+ENTER
to the end of the text that you type in
the Address box

Move forward through the list of...........UP ARROW
AutoComplete matches

Move back through the list of..............DOWN ARROW
AutoComplete matches

How to Work With Favorites By Using Shortcut Keys

To do this................................Press this key
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Add the current page to your favorites.....CTRL+D

Open the Organize Favorites dialog box.....CTRL+B

Move selected item up in the Favorites.....ALT+UP ARROW
list in the Organize Favorites
dialog box

Move selected item down in the.............ALT+DOWN ARROW
Favorites list in the Organize Favorites
dialog box

Editing With Shortcut Keys

To do this................................Press this key
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Remove the selected items and copy them.....CTRL+X
to the Clipboard

Copy the selected items to the Clipboard....CTRL+C

Insert the contents of the Clipboard at.....CTRL+V
the selected location

Select all items on the current Web page....CTRL+A