Tabs shortcut keys: To do the following Press this
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 / Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Close current tab (or current window when there are no open tabs) Ctrl+W
Open a new tab in the foreground from the address bar Alt+Enter
Switch to the n'th tab Ctrl+n (n can be 1-8)
Switch to the last tab Ctrl+9
Close other tabs Ctrl+Alt+F4
Open quick tabs Ctrl+Q
Zoom shortcut keys: To do the following Press this
Increase zoom (+ 10%) Ctrl+(+)
Decrease zoom (-10%) Ctrl+(-)
Original size (100% zoom)* Ctrl+0
Search shortcut keys: To do the following Press this
Go to the Toolbar Search Box Ctrl+E
Open your search query in a new tab Alt+Enter
Bring down the search provider menu Ctrl+Down Arrow
Favorites Center shortcut keys:
To do the following Press this
Open Favorites Center to your favorites Ctrl+I
Open Favorites Center to your history Ctrl+H
Open Favorites Center to your feeds Ctrl+J
Even with all these cool keyboard hotkeys we've introduced a few helpful shortcuts for mouse users as well.
To do the following with a mouse Press this
Open a link in a background tab Middle mouse button
Close a tab Middle mouse button on the tab
Open a new tab Double click on empty tab band space
Zoom the page in/out 10% Ctrl+Mouse wheel Up/Down
Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 shortcut keys:
To view and explore Web pages with shortcut keys:
To do the following Press this
Open your favorites in a folder window Shift+Click on the "Organize Favorites"
menu item
Change the text size Ctrl+Mouse wheel Up/Down
In the History or Favorites boxes, open multiple folders CTRL+click
Open the History box CTRL+H
Open the Favorites box CTRL+I
Open the Search box CTRL+E
Activate a selected link ENTER
Print the current page or active frame CTRL+P
Save the current page CTRL+S
Close the current window CTRL+W
Open a new window CTRL+N
Go to a new location CTRL+O or CTRL+L
Display Internet Explorer Help or to display context Help about an item in a dialog box F1
Toggle between full-screen and other views in the browser F11
Move forward through the items on a Web page, the Address box, or the Links box TAB
Move through the items on a Web page, the Address box, or the Links box 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
To Print Preview Web pages with shortcut keys: To do the following Press this
Close Print Preview ALT+C
Display a list of zoom percentages ALT+Z
Zoom in ALT+PLUS
Zoom out ALT+MINUS
Display the last page to be printed ALT+END
Display the next page to be printed ALT+RIGHT ARROW
Type the number of the page that you
want displayed ALT+A
Display the previous page to be printed ALT+LEFT ARROW
Display the first page to be printed ALT+HOME
Change paper, headers and footers,
orientation, and margins for this page ALT+U
Set printing options and print the page ALT+P
To use the Address box with shortcut keys:
To do the following Press this
Move back through the list of AutoComplete matches DOWN ARROW
Move forward through the list of AutoComplete matches UP ARROW
Add "www." to the beginning and ".com" to the end of the text that you type in the Address box CTRL+ENTER
When in the Address box, move the cursor right to the next logical break in the address (period or slash) CTRL+RIGHT ARROW
When in the Address box, move the cursor left to the next logical break in the address (period or slash) CTRL+LEFT ARROW
Display a list of addresses that you have typed F4
To work with Favorites by using shortcut keys: To do the following Press this
Move selected item down in the Favorites list in the Organize Favorites dialog box ALT+DOWN ARROW
Move selected item up in the Favorites list in the Organize Favorites dialog box ALT+UP ARROW
Add the current page to your favorites CTRL+D
Open the Organize Favorites dialog box CTRL+B
To edit with shortcut keys:
To do the following Press this
Remove the selected items and copy them to the Clipboard CTRL+X
Select all items on the current Web page CTRL+A
Insert the contents of the Clipboard at the selected location CTRL+V
