Essential IE Shortcuts
Twelve keyboard shortcuts for IE that you can't live without.
Web browsing is usually a mouse-intensive activity. But Internet Explorer offers some keyboard shortcuts that can save you time and give your wrist a rest. Here are twelve shortcuts you won't be able to live without:
Ctrl-D
Adds current page to the Favorites list with no further prompts.
Alt-D
Selects the
URL in the Address bar.
Ctrl-Left Arrow
or Ctrl-Right Arrow
In
the Address bar, moves the cursor to the nearest dot, forward slash, or paired
forward slash.
Ctrl-Enter
In the Address bar, adds www. to the front and
.com to the end of text you've typed and loads the URL.
Escape
Stops downloading a page.
Alt-Home
Jumps to your Home Page.
Ctrl-F5
Refreshes the current page unconditionally
(even if the time stamp for your locally stored version and the Web version
are the same).
Ctrl-W
Closes the current Internet Explorer window (useful when a site
opens a new window).
Ctrl-A
Selects all content on the current page or frame.
Backspace or Alt-Left Arrow
Jumps to the previous page you viewed.
Alt-Right Arrow
Jumps to the next page (after having
viewed a previous page).
Ctrl-Home
Jumps to the top of the current page.
Ctrl-End
Jumps to the bottom of the current page.
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