You can use Internet Explorer's shortcut keys to perform lots of different tasks quickly or to work without a mouse.

Window and Tab keyboard Shortcuts

• 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 links in a new tab in the foreground
• CTRL+TAB or CTRL+SHIFT+TAB: Open a new tab in the foreground
• CTRL+W: Switch between tabs
• CTRL+1 To CTRL 8: Open a new tab in the foreground from the Address bar
• CTRL+9: Switch to a specific tab number
• CTRL+ALT+F4: Switch to the last tab
• CTRL+Q: Close other tabs
• ALT+ENTER: Close current tab (or the current window if tabbed browsing is disabled)

Explore webpages.

• CTRL+O: Open a new website or page
• CTRL+N: Open a new window
• CTRL+W: 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
• CTRL+I: Open Favorites
• CTRL+H: Open History
• CTRL+J: Open Feeds
• CTRL+F: Find on this page
• CTRL+SHIFT+TAB: Move backward between frames (only works if tabbed browsing is disabled)
• CTRL+TAB or F6: Move forward through frames and browser elements (only works if tabbed browsing is disabled)
• CTRL+F5: Refresh the current webpage, even if the time stamp for the web version and your locally stored version are the same
• ALT+P: Open the Page menu
• ALT+T: Open the Tools menu
• ALT+H: Open the Help menu
• 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
• F1: Display Help
• F11: Toggle between full-screen and regular views of the browser window
• F5: Refresh the current webpage

Using Other keys

• 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
• SHIFT+F10: Display a shortcut menu for a link
• UP ARROW: Scroll toward the beginning of a document
• DOWN ARROW: 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
• ESC: Stop downloading a page
• ENTER: Activate a selected link

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: Close current tab (or the current window if tabbed browsing is disabled)
• 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: Toggle Quick Tabs (thumbnail view) on or off
• ALT+ENTER: Open a new tab in the foreground from the Address bar

Working With Zoom

• CTRL+PLUS SIGN: Increase zoom (+ 10%)
• CTRL+MINUS SIGN: Decrease zoom (- 10%)
• CTRL+0: Zoom to 100%

Working With 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+MINUS SIGN: Zoom out
• ALT+PLUS SIGN: Zoom in
• ALT+Z: Display a list of zoom percentages
• 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