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Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 keyboard shortcuts
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First published at 11/22/2017 on
https://defkey.com/microsoft-internet-explorer-11-shortcuts

Internet Explorer is web browser developed by Microsoft. It's included in
Windows operating systems since 1995. The browser is now discontinued but
still maintained. Internet Explorer is also included in Windows 10, but
it's not anymore provided as the default browser. Since 17 March 2015,
Microsoft Edge replaced Internet Explorer as the default browser.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 has 80 shortcuts and we have listed all of
them below.



Top shortcuts
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Crtl + D                Add current site to favorites
Ctrl + W                Close tab
Alt + Home              Go to your home page
Ctrl + Shift + Del      Delete browsing history
F1                      Get help & support
Ctrl + H                Open browsing history
Ctrl + T                Open a new tab
Ctrl + Shift + P        Open a new InPrivate Browsing window
Ctrl + P                Print the current page
F5                      Refresh page
Ctrl + Tab              Switch between tabs
Ctrl + J                View downloads


Search
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Ctrl + E                Open a search query in the address bar
Alt + Enter             Open a search query in a new tab
Ctrl + Down arrow       Open the Address bar (to view history, favorites, and search providers)
Ctrl + Shift + L        Search using copied text


Zoom
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Ctrl + +                Zoom in (+10%)
Ctrl + -                Zoom out (- 10%)
Ctrl + 0                Zoom to 100%


Address bar
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Ctrl + Enter            Add www. to the beginning and .com to the end of text typed in the Address
bar
F4                      Display a list of addresses you've typed
Ctrl + Left arrow       In the Address bar, move the cursor left to the next break in the sentence
Ctrl + Right arrow      In the Address bar, move the cursor right to the next break in the sentence
Down arrow              Move backward through the list of AutoComplete matches
Up arrow                Move forward through the list of AutoComplete matches
Alt + D                 Select the text in the Address bar


Browsing
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Enter                   Activate a selected link
Shift + F10             Display a shortcut menu for a link
Ctrl + F                Find something on this page
Alt + Home              Go to your home page
Alt + Right arrow       Go to the next page
Backspace               Go to the previous page
Alt + Left arrow        Go to the previous page
Ctrl + Shift + Tab      Move back through items on a webpage (only works if tabbed browsing is
turned off)
Ctrl + Tab              Move through items on a webpage (only works if tabbed browsing is turned
off)
F6                      Move through items on a webpage (only works if tabbed browsing is turned
off)
Home                    Move to the beginning of a document
End                     Move to the end of a document
Ctrl + O                Open a new document in Internet Explorer
Ctrl + N                Open a new window
Ctrl + S                Save the current page
Up arrow                Scroll toward the beginning of a document
Down arrow              Scroll toward the end of a document
Esc                     Stop downloading a page
F11                     Toggle between full-screen and regular views
F7                      Start Caret Browsing


Clipboard
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Ctrl + C                Copy selected items to the Clipboard
Ctrl + X                Cut selected items, and copy them to the Clipboard
Ctrl + V                Paste select items from the Clipboard
Ctrl + A                Select all items on the current webpage


Favorites, history and feeds
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Ctrl + D                Add site to favorites
Alt + Up arrow          Move selected item up in the Favorites list (in the Organize Favorites
dialog box)
Alt + Down arrow        Move selected item down in the Favorites list (in the Organize Favorites
dialog box)
Alt + Z                 Open the Add to favorites menu
Alt + A                 Open the Favorites menu from the menu bar
Ctrl + B                Open the Organize Favorites dialog box
Ctrl + Shift + H        Pin Favorites Center and display your history
Ctrl + I                View favorites
Alt + C                 View favorites
Ctrl + G                View feeds
Ctrl + H                View history


Menu bar
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Alt + F                 Open the File menu
Alt + E                 Open the Edit menu
Alt + V                 Open the View menu
Alt + A                 Open the Favorites menu
Alt + T                 Open the Tools
Alt + H                 Open the Help menu


Notification bar
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Alt + N                 Move focus to the Notification bar
Space                   Click the Notification bar


Tabs
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Ctrl + W                Close tab
Ctrl + F4               Close tabs in the background
Ctrl + Left click       Open links in a new tab in the background
Ctrl + Shift + Left click Open links in a new tab in the foreground
Ctrl + K                Duplicate tab
Ctrl + T                Open a new tab
Ctrl + Shift + T        Reopen the last tab you closed
Crtl + Tab              Switch between tabs
Crtl + Shift + Tab      Switch between tabs
Ctrl + 9                Switch to the last tab
Ctrl + 1                (... to 8)  Switch to a specific tab number

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