WORKING WITH TABS
The following table describes shortcuts used when working with tabs.
To do this
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Press this
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Open links in a new tab in the background
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CTRL+click
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Open links in a new tab in the foreground
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CTRL+SHIFT+click
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Open a new tab in the foreground
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CTRL+T
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Switch between tabs
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CTRL+TAB or CTRL+SHIFT+TAB
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Close current tab (or the current window if tabbed browsing is disabled)
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CTRL+W
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Open a new tab in the foreground from the Address bar
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ALT+ENTER
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Switch to a specific tab number
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CTRL+n (where n is a number between 1 and 8)
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Switch to the last tab
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CTRL+9
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Close other tabs
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CTRL+ALT+F4
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Toggle Quick Tabs (thumbnail view) on or off
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CTRL+Q
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USING ZOOM:
To do this
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Press this
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Increase zoom (+ 10%)
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CTRL+PLUS SIGN
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Decrease zoom (- 10%)
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CTRL+MINUS SIGN
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Zoom to 100%
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CTRL+0
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USING SEARCH:
To do this
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Press this
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Go to the search box
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CTRL+E
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Open your search query in a new tab
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ALT+ENTER
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Open the search provider menu
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CTRL+DOWN ARROW
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USING PRINT PREVIEW:
To do this
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Press this
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Set printing options and print the page
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ALT+P
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Change paper, headers and footers, orientation, and margins for this page
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ALT+U
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Display the first page to be printed
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ALT+HOME
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Display the previous page to be printed
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ALT+LEFT ARROW
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Type the number of the page you want displayed
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ALT+A
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Display the next page to be printed
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ALT+RIGHT ARROW
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Display the last page to be printed
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ALT+END
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Specify how you want frames to print (this option is available only if you are printing a webpage that uses frames)
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ALT+F
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Close Print Preview
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ALT+C
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USING THE ADDRESS BAR:
To do this
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Press this
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Select the text in the Address bar
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ALT+D
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Display a list of addresses you've typed
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F4
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When in the Address bar, move the cursor left to the next logical break in the address (period or slash)
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CTRL+LEFT ARROW
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When in the Address bar, move the cursor right to the next logical break in the address (period or slash)
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CTRL+RIGHT ARROW
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Add "www." to the beginning and ".com" to the end of the text typed in the Address bar
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CTRL+ENTER
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Move forward through the list of AutoComplete matches
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UP ARROW
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Move back through the list of AutoComplete matches
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DOWN ARROW
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OPENING IE TOOLBAR MENU:
To do this
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Press this
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Open the Home menu
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ALT+M
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Open the Print menu
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ALT+R
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Open the RSS menu
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ALT+J
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Open the Tools menu
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ALT+O
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Open the Safety menu
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ALT+S
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Open the Help menu
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ALT+L
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WORKING WITH FEED, HISTORY AND FAVOURITES:
To do this
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Press this
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Add the current page to your favorites (or subscribe to the feed when in feed preview)
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CTRL+D
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Delete browsing history
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CTRL+SHIFT+DEL
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Open an InPrivate Browsing window
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CTRL+SHIFT+P
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Open the Organize Favorites dialog box
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CTRL+B
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Move selected item up in the Favorites list in the Organize Favorites dialog box
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ALT+UP ARROW
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Move selected item down in the Favorites list in the Organize Favorites dialog box
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ALT+DOWN ARROW
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Open Favorites Center and display your favorites
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ALT+C
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Open Favorites Center and display your history
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CTRL+H
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Open Favorites Center and display your feeds
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CTRL+J
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Open and dock the Favorites Center and display your feeds
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CTRL+SHIFT+J
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Open the Add to Favorites menu (or open Subscribe to feed when in feed preview)
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ALT+Z
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Open the Favorites menu from the menu bar
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ALT+A
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Display all feeds (when in feed view)
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ALT+I
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Mark a feed as read (when in feed view)
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ALT+M
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Put cursor in Search box in feed view
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ALT+S
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EDITING:
To do this
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Press this
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Remove the selected items and copy them to the Clipboard
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CTRL+X
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Copy the selected items to the Clipboard
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CTRL+C
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Insert the contents of the Clipboard at the selected location
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CTRL+V
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Select all items on the current webpage
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CTRL+A
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Open Internet Explorer Developer Tools
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F12
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