Internet Explorer keyboard shortcuts
You can use shortcut keys to view and explore Web pages, preview pages before printing, use the Address bar, work with favorites, and edit.
Click a heading, or press the TAB key to highlight a heading, and then press ENTER.
Viewing and exploring Web pages
| To do this | Press this |
Display Internet Explorer Help, or when in a dialog box, display context Help on an item. | 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, and the Links bar. | TAB |
Move back through the items on a Web page, the Address bar, and the 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 |
Display a shortcut menu for a link. | SHIFT+F10 |
Move forward between frames. | CTRL+TAB or |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Open the History bar. | CTRL+H |
In the History or Favorites bars, open multiple folders. | CTRL+click |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Working with favorites
| To do this | Press this |
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 |
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 Web page. | CTRL+A |
