Internet Explorer 8 Keyboard Shortcuts
Viewing and exploring webpages
F1 Display Help
F11 Toggle between full-screen and regular views of the browser window
TAB Move forward through the items on a webpage, the Address bar, or the Links bar
SHIFT+TAB Move back through the items on a webpage, the Address bar, or the Links bar
ALT+HOME Go to your home page
ALT+RIGHT ARROW Go to the next page
ALT+LEFT ARROW or BACKSPACE Go to the previous page
SHIFT+F10 Display a shortcut menu for a link
CTRL+TAB or F6 Move forward through frames and browser elements (only works if tabbed browsing is disabled)
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB Move backward between frames (only works if tabbed browsing is disabled)
UP ARROW or SHIFT+SPACEBAR Scroll toward the beginning of a document
DOWN ARROW or SPACEBAR Scroll toward the end of a document
PAGE UP Scroll toward the beginning of a document in larger increments
PAGE DOWN Scroll toward the end of a document in larger increments
HOME Move to the beginning of a document
END Move to the end of a document
CTRL+F Find on this page
F5 Refresh the current webpage
CTRL+F5 Refresh the current webpage, even if the time stamp for the web version and your locally stored version are the same
ESC Stop downloading a page
CTRL+O Open a new website or page
CTRL+N Open a new window
CTRL+W or ALT+F4 Close the current window (if you only have one tab open)
CTRL+S Save the current page
CTRL+P Print the current page or active frame
ENTER Activate a selected link
CTRL+I Open Favorites
CTRL+H Open History
CTRL+J Open Feeds
ALT+P Open the Page menu
ALT+T Open the Tools menu
ALT+H Open the Help menu
Working with tabs
CTRL+click Open links in a new tab in the background
CTRL+SHIFT+click Open links in a new tab in the foreground
CTRL+T Open a new tab in the foreground
CTRL+TAB or CTRL+SHIFT+TAB Switch between tabs
CTRL+W or ALT+F4 Close current tab (or the current window if tabbed browsing is disabled)
ALT+ENTER Open a new tab in the foreground from the Address bar
CTRL+n (where n is a number between 1 and 8) Switch to a specific tab number
CTRL+9 Switch to the last tab
CTRL+ALT+F4 Close other tabs
CTRL+Q Toggles Quick Tabs (thumbnail view) on or off
Using Zoom
CTRL+PLUS SIGN Increase zoom (+ 10%)
CTRL+MINUS SIGN Decrease zoom (- 10%)
CTRL+0 Zoom to 100%
Using Search
CTRL+E Go to the search box
ALT+ENTER Open your search query in a new tab
CTRL+DOWN ARROW Open the search provider menu
Using Print Preview
ALT+P Set printing options and print the page
ALT+U Change paper, headers and footers, orientation, and margins for this page
ALT+HOME Display the first page to be printed
ALT+LEFT ARROW Display the previous page to be printed
ALT+A Type the number of the page you want displayed
ALT+RIGHT ARROW Display the next page to be printed
ALT+END Display the last page to be printed
ALT+F Specify how you want frames to print (this option is available only if you are printing a webpage that uses frames)
ALT+C Close Print Preview
Using the Address bar
ALT+D Select the text in the Address bar
F4 Display a list of addresses you've typed
CTRL+LEFT ARROW When in the Address bar, move the cursor left to the next logical break in the address (period or slash)
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW When in the Address bar, move the cursor right to the next logical break in the address (period or slash)
CTRL+ENTER Add "www." to the beginning and ".com" to the end of the text typed in the Address bar
UP ARROW Move forward through the list of AutoComplete matches
DOWN ARROW Move back through the list of AutoComplete matches
Opening Internet Explorer toolbar menus
ALT+M Open the Home menu
ALT+R Open the Print menu
ALT+J Open the RSS menu
ALT+O Open the Tools menu
ALT+L Open the Help menu
Working with feeds, history, and favorites
CTRL+D Add the current page to your favorites
CTRL+B Open the Organize Favorites dialog box
ALT+UP ARROW Move selected item up in the Favorites list in the Organize Favorites dialog box
ALT+DOWN ARROW Move selected item down in the Favorites list in the Organize Favorites dialog box
ALT+A Open the Favorites Center
CTRL+I Open Favorites Center and display your favorites
CTRL+H Open Favorites Center and display your history
CTRL+J Open Favorites Center and display your web feeds
ALT+Z Open Add to Favorites menu
ALT+I Display all feeds (when in feed view)
ALT+M Mark a feed as read (when in feed view)
ALT+S Put cursor in Search box in feed view
Editing
CTRL+X Remove the selected items and copy them to the Clipboard
CTRL+C Copy the selected items to the Clipboard
CTRL+V Insert the contents of the Clipboard at the selected location
CTRL+A Select all items on the current webpage
Using the Information bar
ALT+N Move focus to the Information bar
SPACEBAR Click the Information bar
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