21 January 2005
Internet Explorer 6 Shortcuts
In a recent Tutor Tip (Netscape 7 Shortcuts), I gave you a list of keyboard shortcuts for Netscape 7. Believing in the "equal time" doctrine, here are shortcuts for Internet Explorer 6.
Using Shortcuts
In the tables below, are keystroke combinations. To perform
a command, press the buttons listed together at the same time. For example,
to
copy, it gives Ctrl+C as the command. This means that you should press
Ctrl (Control key) and C (the letter C) at the same time. The plus
sign (+) means that you must press two keys surrounding the plus sign
simultaneously. If there is more than one plus sign (such as Ctrl+Shift+C),
it means that all three buttons surrounding the plus sign must be pressed
at the same time. The commands are not case sensitive, so Ctrl+C is
the same as Ctrl+c.
Note: Some keyboard shortcuts perform different functions based on cursor location (focus). For example, if you press Home while viewing a web page, Netscape will move to the top of the web page. However, if you press Home while the cursor is in a text field, the cursor will go to the beginning of the text field.
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| Exploring Web Pages |
| Command | Shortcut
|
| Display Internet Explorer Help, or when in a dialog box, display context Help. | 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, & Links bar. | Tab |
| Move back through the items on a Web page, the Address bar, & 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Go to the previous page. | Ctrl+H |
| In the History or Favorites bars, open multiple folders. | Ctrl+click |
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| Command | Shortcut
|
| Select the text in the Address bar. | 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 |
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| Command | Shortcut
|
| 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 |
| Specify how you want frames to print. This option is available only if you are printing a Web page that uses frames. | Alt+F |
| Close Print Preview. | Alt+C |
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| Command | Shortcut
|
| Add the current page to your favorites. | Ctrl+D |
| 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 |
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| Command | Shortcut
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| 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 |