INTERNET EXPLORER 9 KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

VIEWING AND EXPLORING WEB PAGES

To do this	Press this
Display Help	F1
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
Start Caret Browsing	F7
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 through frames and browser elements	CTRL+TAB or F6
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
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
Close the current window (if you only have one tab open)	CTRL+W
Save the current page	CTRL+S
Print the current page or active frame	CTRL+P
Activate a selected link	ENTER
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

WORKING WITH TABS

The following table describes shortcuts used when working with tabs.

To do this	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 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
Toggle Quick Tabs (thumbnail view) on or off	CTRL+Q

USING ZOOM:

To do this	Press this
Increase zoom (+ 10%)	CTRL+PLUS SIGN
Decrease zoom (- 10%)	CTRL+MINUS SIGN
Zoom to 100%	CTRL+0

USING SEARCH:

To do this	Press this
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

USING PRINT PREVIEW:

To do this	Press this
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
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

USING THE ADDRESS BAR:

To do this	Press this
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

OPENING IE TOOLBAR MENU:

To do this	Press this
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 Safety menu	ALT+S
Open the Help menu	ALT+L

WORKING WITH FEED, HISTORY AND FAVOURITES:

To do this	Press this
Add the current page to your favorites (or subscribe to the feed when in feed preview)	CTRL+D
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 favorites	ALT+C
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
Display all feeds (when in feed view)	ALT+I
Mark a feed as read (when in feed view)	ALT+M
Put cursor in Search box in feed view	ALT+S

EDITING:

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 Internet Explorer Developer Tools	F12

USING INFORMATION BAR:

To do this	Press this
Move focus to the Information bar	ALT+N
Click the Information bar	SPACEBAR

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