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
BACKSPACE

Display a shortcut menu for a link.

SHIFT+F10

Move forward between frames.

CTRL+TAB or
F6

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
CTRL+R

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
CTRL+L

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

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

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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

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

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