Internet Explorer 7 Keyboard Shortcuts

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IE 7: Keyboard Shortcuts
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Microsoft Internet Explorer lets you perform dozens of commands just by using
the keyboard. This guide contains all of IE7s keyboard shortcuts, including:
Shortcuts for viewing and navigating web pages
Shortcuts for IE7s new tabbed browsing features
Shortcuts for searching, printing, and editing web pages
Keyboard Shortcut Basics for Internet Explorer 7
Refresh the current page
F5
A keyboard shortcut is a key stroke or a combination of two or three key strokes that you
can use to exe-cute a command in a computer program far more quickly than you could
by clicking with a mouse. This guide includes all of the built-in keyboard shortcuts for
Microsofts Internet Explorer (IE) 7. Many of these shortcuts also work in earlier versions of
Internet Explorer, such as IE 6.0. Any shortcut that involves tabs or tabbed browsing (a new
feature in IE7) will not work in earlier versions.
Force a refresh of the current page (even if IE

thinks you have the most recent version)
Ctrl+F5
Stop downloading a page
Esc
Open a new website or page
Ctrl+O
Open a new window
Ctrl+N
How to Use Internet Explorer Shortcuts on a Mac
Close the current window (if only one tab

is open)
Ctrl+W
Save the current page
Ctrl+S
Print the current page or active frame
Ctrl+P
Activate (click on) a selected link
Enter
Open your IE 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
The shortcuts listed in this guide are for PCs, but most will also work on Macs with just two
slight modifications:
Instead of the Ctrl key: Use the Command key
Instead of the Alt key: Use the Option key
Shortcuts for Viewing Web Pages

Action
Shortcut
Display IE7s Help features
F1
Switch from full-screen to regular view
F11
Cycle through items on a web page, in the

Address bar, or in the Links bar
Tab
Cycle back through items on a web page, in the

Address bar, or in the Links bar
Shift+Tab
Action
Shortcut
Go to your home page
Alt+Home
Open links in a new tab in the background
Ctrl+Click (on the link)
Go to the next page
Alt+Right Arrow
Open links in a new tab in the foreground
Ctrl+Shift+Click (on the link)
Go to the previous page
Alt+Left Arrow or Backspace
Open a new tab in the foreground
Ctrl+T
Display a shortcut menu for a link
Shift+F10
Cycle through frames and browser elements

(only works if youve disabled tabbed browsing)
Ctrl+Tab or F6
Open a new tab in the foreground from the

Address bar
Alt+Enter
Move backward between frames (only works if

youve enabled tabbed browsing)
Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Switch from tab to tab
Ctrl+Tab
Close the current tab
Ctrl+W
Scroll up (toward the beginning of a page)
Up Arrow
Ctrl+W
Scroll down (toward the end of a page)
Down Arrow
Close the current window (if tabbed browsing

is disabled)
Scroll up one page at a time
Page Up
Switch to a specific tab number
Ctrl+the # of the tab (18)
Scroll down one page at a time
Page Down
Switch to the last tab
Ctrl+9
Jump to the beginning of a page
Home
Close other tabs
Ctrl+Alt+F4
Jump to the end of a page
End
Toggle Quick Tabs (thumbnail view) on or off
Ctrl+Q
Find specific text on the current page
Ctrl+F
Shortcuts for Working with Tabs
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Shortcuts for Zooming
Action
Shortcut
Increase zoom in 10% increments
Ctrl+Plus Sign
Decrease zoom in 10% increments
Ctrl+Minus Sign
Zoom to 100%
Ctrl+0
In the Address bar, move the cursor right to the

next break in the address, such as a period or slash
Ctrl+Right Arrow
Add www. to the beginning and .com to the end

of text typed in the Address bar
Ctrl+Enter
Cycle up through AutoComplete URL matches
Up Arrow
Cycle down through AutoComplete URL matches
Down Arrow
Shortcuts for Opening Toolbar Menus
Shortcuts for IE7 Search

Action
Shortcut
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
Shortcuts for Previewing and Printing Web Pages

Action
Shortcut
Set printing options and print the current page
Alt+P
Change paper, headers and footers, orientation,

and margins for the current page
Alt+U
Switch to portrait view
Action
Shortcut
Open the Home menu
Alt+M
Open the Print menu
Alt+R
Open the RSS menu
Alt+J
Open the Tools menu
Alt+O
Open the Help menu
Alt+L
Shortcuts for Feeds, History, and Favorites

Action
Shortcut
Add the current page to your favorites
Ctrl+D
Alt+O
Open the Organize Favorites dialog box
Ctrl+B
Switch to landscape view
Alt+L
Alt+Up Arrow
Turn headers and footers on or off
Alt+E
Move a selected favorite up in the Favorites list in the

Organize Favorites dialog box
View current page at full page width
Alt+W
Move a selected favorite down in the Favorites list in the

Organize Favorites dialog box
Alt+Down Arrow
View current page in full page view
Alt+1
Open the Favorites Center and display your favorites
Alt+C
Choose how many pages to view at once
Alt+N (then choose a number)
Open the Favorites Center and display your history
Ctrl+H
Scroll in or out
Alt+S (then choose a size)
Open the Favorites Center and display your feeds
Ctrl+J
Display the first page to be printed
Alt+Home
Alt+Left Arrow
Open the Favorites Center in a separate pane on the left

and display your feeds in that pane
Ctrl+Shift+J
Display the previous page to be printed

Type the number of the page to display
Alt+A
Open Add to Favorites menu
Alt+Z
Display the next page to be printed
Alt+Right Arrow
Display all feeds (when in feed view)
Alt+I
Display the last page to be printed
Alt+End
Mark a feed as read (when in feed view)
Alt+M
Specify how to print frames (if printing a web page

that contains frames)
Alt+F
Move cursor into Search box in feed view
Alt+S
Close Print Preview
Alt+C
Shortcuts for the Address Bar

Action
Shortcut
Select the text in the Address bar
Alt+D
Display a drop-down list of addresses youve visited
F4
In the Address bar, move the cursor left to the next

break in the address, such as a period or slash
Ctrl+Left Arrow
Shortcuts for Editing Web Pages

Action
Shortcut
Remove the selected items and copy them to

the Clipboard
Ctrl+X
Copy the selected items to the Clipboard
Ctrl+C
Insert Clipboard contents at the cursors

current location
Ctrl+V
Select all items on the current web page
Ctrl+A
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published by Barnes & Noble

Explore the web faster than ever.

Keyboard Shortcut Basics for Internet Explorer 7

Refresh the current page

Force a refresh of the current page (even if IE

Stop downloading a page

Open a new website or page

Open a new window

How to Use Internet Explorer Shortcuts on a Mac

Close the current window (if only one tab

Save the current page

Print the current page or active frame

Activate (click on) a selected link

Open your IE Favorites

Open the Page menu

Open the Tools menu

Open the Help menu

Shortcuts for Viewing Web Pages

Display IE7s Help features

Switch from full-screen to regular view

Cycle through items on a web page, in the

Cycle back through items on a web page, in the

Go to your home page

Open links in a new tab in the background

Ctrl+Click (on the link)

Go to the next page

Open links in a new tab in the foreground

Ctrl+Shift+Click (on the link)

Go to the previous page

Alt+Left Arrow or Backspace

Open a new tab in the foreground

Display a shortcut menu for a link

Cycle through frames and browser elements

Open a new tab in the foreground from the

Move backward between frames (only works if

Switch from tab to tab

Close the current tab

Scroll up (toward the beginning of a page)

Scroll down (toward the end of a page)

Close the current window (if tabbed browsing

Scroll up one page at a time

Switch to a specific tab number

Ctrl+the # of the tab (18)

Scroll down one page at a time

Switch to the last tab

Jump to the beginning of a page

Close other tabs

Jump to the end of a page

Toggle Quick Tabs (thumbnail view) on or off

Find specific text on the current page

Shortcuts for Working with Tabs

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7: Keyboard Shortcuts

Increase zoom in 10% increments

Decrease zoom in 10% increments

In the Address bar, move the cursor right to the

Add www. to the beginning and .com to the end

Cycle up through AutoComplete URL matches

Cycle down through AutoComplete URL matches