Internet Explorer is a browser developed by Microsoft. It is available along with the Windows operating system and is a free web browser. It was first released in 1995 as an add on package for the Windows 95. It is one of the most widely used internet browser on the web. There has been many versions since its initial release of Internet Explorer 1 and the latest being the Internet Explorer 9 as of now. Although it is primarily a Windows browser, support for other operating systems are also been developed and are available. It supports most of the latest web languages and compliance standards. It is a highly featured web browser with facilities and options for all web browsing needs. It is also a highly secure browser, that provides much needed protection when browsing different web pages. With so many tools and features in it also comes with many shortcut keys.You can use the Internet Explorer shortcut keys to perform
lots of different tasks quickly or to work without a mouse.
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Here is a list of all Internet Explorer browser shortcuts
Press the key Action
Viewing and exploring webpages
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
Move backward between frames (only works if
tabbed browsing is
turned off) Ctrl+Shift+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 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
Delete browsing history Ctrl+Shift+Delete
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
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
Increase zoom (+ 10%) Ctrl+Plus
Sign
Decrease zoom (- 10%) Ctrl+Minus
Sign
Zoom to 100% Ctrl+0
Using search
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
Search using copied text Ctrl+Shift+L
Using Print Preview
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're printing a
webpage that uses frames) Alt+F
Close Print Preview Alt+C
Using the Address bar
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 Internet Explorer toolbar menus
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 feeds, history, and favorites
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
Pin Favorites Center and display your history Ctrl+Shift+H
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
Editing
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 the Notification bar
Move focus to the Notification bar Alt+N
Click the Notification bar Spacebar
