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The Bat! keyboard shortcuts
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First published at 1/10/2018 on https://defkey.com/the-bat-shortcuts

The Bat! is a shareware email client developed by Ritlabs, a company based
in Moldova. It's generally regarded as an alternative email client for
advanced email users. The Bat! is often praised for it's interface
customization, filtering features and security.

The Bat! has 120 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below.



General
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Alt + X                 Quit The Bat!
Esc                     Close active window


Invoking tools
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F8                      Address Book
F7                      Message Finder
F6                      SmartBat
Alt + F11               Scheduler
Shift + Ctrl + Q        Quick Templates
Shift + Ctrl + S        Sorting Office/Filters


Working with Messages
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Ctrl + N                Create new message
Ctrl + F5               Reply
Ctrl + Enter            Reply
Shift + Ctrl + F5       Reply to all
Shift + F5              Forward
Ctrl + O                Forward
Shift + F6              Resend
Ctrl + F6               Redirect
Ctrl + E                Redirect
Alt + F5                Save to file
Ctrl + S                Save to file
Alt + F6                Edit as new
F4                      Reply quoting selected text
Shift + F4              Reply without quotation
Ctrl + F4               Reply to the sender
Shift + Alt + F5        Alternative Forward
F9                      View Source
Ctrl + Alt + Right arrow Move to next unread
Ctrl + Alt + Left arrow Move to previous unread
Alt + Right arrow       Move to next viewed
Alt + Left arrow        Move to previous viewed
Enter                   Open message in new window
Ctrl + C                Copy message to folder
Ctrl + V                Move message to folder
Del                     Delete message
Ctrl + U                Mark as unread
Ctrl + M                Mark as read
Ctrl + J                Park
Ctrl + Alt + J          Unpark
Ctrl + G                Flag
Ctrl + P                Print message
Ctrl + A                Select all messages
Ctrl + W                Add sender to Address Book
Shift + Ctrl + W        Add recipient to Address Book
Ctrl + B                Delete sender from Address Book
Shift + Ctrl + B        Delete recipient from Address Book
Ctrl + Backspace        Open reply
Shift + Ctrl + F        Create filter
Shift + Ctrl + C        Verify signature
Shift + Ctrl + D        Decipher
Shift + Ctrl + G        Decipher and save
Ctrl + T                Copy thread
Shift + Ctrl + V        Move thread
Shift + Ctrl + Del      Delete thread
Shift + Ctrl + M        Mark thread as read
Shift + Ctrl + U        Mark thread as unread


Using the account
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F2                      Get new mail
Shift + F2              Send queued mail
Ctrl + F12              Set access password
Shift + Ctrl + A        View Log
Ctrl + F9               Refresh folder list
Ctrl + F2               Dispatch new messages
Sift + Ctrl + F2        Dispatch all messages
Shift + Ctrl + S        Sorting Office/Filter settings
Shift + Ctrl + P        Account properties
Shift + Ctrl + Q        Quick Templates


Working with the Folder Tree
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Alt + Enter             Folder properties
Ctrl + M                Mark all messages as read
Shift + Ctrl + Up arrow Move up
Shift + Ctrl + Down arrow Move down
Shift + Ctrl + Right arrow Move in
Shift + Ctrl + Left arrow Move out
Ctrl + R                Refresh message list
Ctrl + F                Refilter messages
Ctrl + D                Delete message duplicates
Ctrl + B                Browse deleted messages
Ctrl + C                Purge and compact
Insert                  Create new folder
Alt + Insert            Create new common folder
Del                     Delete folder


Message Editor
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Ctrl + Enter            Send message
Alt + F2                Save message as draft
Ctrl + S                Save message and continue editing
Ctrl + F2               Save message as...
Shift + F2              Put message in queue
Ctrl + P                Print message
Ctrl + C                Copy text to clipboard
Ctrl + X                Cut text to clipboard
Ctrl + V                Paste text from clipboard
Ctrl + A                Select all
Alt + Insert            Paste as quote
Shift + Ctrl + Insert   Paste with formatting
Ctrl + F                Find text
Ctrl + F7               Find and replace
F3                      Continue search or replace
Alt + F7                Reverse search
Ctlr + [                Upper case
Ctrl + ]                Lower case
Ctrl + \                Invert case
Ctrl + /                Capitalise
Shift + Ctrl + =        Calculate
Ctrl + =                Search address (forward)
Ctrl + Space            Insert quick template
Shift + Ctrl + F        AutoFormat
Shift + Ctrl + W        AutoWrap
Shift + Ctrl + J        Justify on autowrap
Alt + L                 Left alignment
Alt + C                 Center alignment
Alt + R                 Right alignment
Alt + J                 Justify
Ctrl + F4               Automatic spell checking
F4                      Check entire text
Ctrl + B                Bold
Ctrl + I                Italic
Ctrl + U                Underline
Ctrl + Q                D  Insert current date
Ctrl + Q                T  Insert current time
Ctrl + [                Convert current word to upper case
Ctrl + ]                Convert current word to lower case
Esc                     Cancel


Other
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F1                      Help
Alt + F1                About

Source: Ritlabs support page


Last modified on (UTC): Monday, November 11, 2019
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