11.7. The Keyboard Shortcut Master List: All Versions Before you set off into the Internet Explorer sunset, it's worth admitting that surfing the Web is one of the things most people do most with their PCs. And as long as you're going to spend so much time in this single program, it's worth mastering its keyboard shortcuts. Once you've learned a few, you save yourself time and fumbling. Here it is, then: the complete master list of every Internet Explorer keyboard shortcut known to Microsoft. Clip and save. | Viewing | | | Full Screen mode (on/off) | F11 | | Cycle through links on a page | Tab | | Search the text on a page | Ctrl+F | | Open the current page in a new window | Ctrl+N | | Print this page | Ctrl+P | | Select all items on the page | Ctrl+A | | Zoom in/out by 10 percent | Ctrl+plus, Ctrl+minus | | Zoom to 100% | Ctrl+0 | | Override pop-up blocker | Ctrl+Alt | | Shut up this Web page's background sounds | Esc | | Bars and Menus | | | Highlight the Address bar | Alt+D | | Add http://www . and .com to the text in Address Bar | Ctrl+Enter | | Add http://www . and .net or .org to the text in Address Bar | Ctrl+Shift+Enter | | Open URL in the Address Bar in new tab | Alt+Enter | | View previously typed addresses | F4 | | Highlight the Information bar | Alt+N | | Open Home menu | Alt+M | | Open Feeds menu | Alt+J | | Open Print menu | Alt+R | | Open Page menu | Alt+P | | Open Tools menu | Alt+O | | Open Help menu | Alt+L | | Open Favorites menu | Alt+C, Ctrl+I | | Open Favorites in pinned mode (won't auto-close) | Ctrl+Shift+I | | Organize Favorites dialog box | Ctrl+B | | Open Feeds list | Ctrl+J | | Open Feeds in pinned mode | Ctrl+Shift+J | | Open History | Ctrl+H | | Open History in pinned mode | Ctrl+Shift+H | | Navigation | | | Scroll down a screenful | Space bar (or Page Down) | | Scroll up a screenful | Shift+Space bar (or Page Up) | | Go to home page | Alt+Home | | Go back a page | Alt+left | | Go forward a page | Alt+right | | Refresh page | F5 | | Super refresh (ignore any cached elements) | Ctrl+F5 | | Stop downloading this page | ESC | | Open link in a new window | Shift-click | | Add current page to Favorites | Ctrl+D | | "Right-click" any highlighted item | Shift+F10 | | Search bar | | | Highlight the Search Bar | Ctrl+E | | Open list of search services | Ctrl+down | | Open search results in new tab | Alt+Enter | | Tabbed Browsing | | | Open link in new background tab | Ctrl-click [*] | | Open link in new foreground tab | Ctrl+Shift-click (left or middle button) | | Close tab ( closes window if only one tab is open) | Ctrl+W, Ctrl+F4 [*] | | Quick Tab view | Ctrl+Q | | Open new empty tab | Ctrl+T | | View list of open tabs | Ctrl+Shift+Q | | Switch to next tab | Ctrl+Tab | | Switch to previous tab | Ctrl+Shift+Tab | | Switch to tab #1, #2, etc. | Ctrl+1, Ctrl+2, etc. | | Switch to last tab | Ctrl+9 | [*] or scroll wheel-click, or middle button-click [*] or scroll wheel-click, or middle button-click |