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Internet Explorer 6 keyboard shortcuts
You can use shortcut keys to view and explore Web pages, preview pages before printing, use the Address bar, work with favourites, 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 6 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`+`Right 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.	`↓`
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 Favourites bar.	`Ctrl`+`I`
Open the History bar.	`Ctrl`+`H`
In the History or Favourites 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`+`−`
Zoom in.	`Alt`+`+`
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 Auto Complete matches.	`Up Arrow`
Move back through the list of Auto Complete matches.	`Down Arrow`

Working with favourites

To do this	Press this
Add the current page to your favourites.	`Ctrl`+`D`
Open the Organize Favourites dialog box.	`Ctrl`+`B`
Move selected item up in the Favourites list in the Organize Favourites dialog box.	`Alt`+`Up Arrow`
Move selected item down in the Favourites list in the Organize Favourites dialogue 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`

Using the Information Bar

To do this	Press this
Move focus to the Information Bar	`Alt`+`N`
Click the Information Bar	`Spacebar`

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