General shortcuts
| Turn Full Screen Mode on or off |
F11 |
| Cycle through the Address Bar, Refresh button, Search Box, and items on a web page |
TAB |
| Find a word or phrase on a page |
CTRL+F |
| Open the current webpage in a new window |
CTRL+N |
| Print the page |
CTRL+P |
| Select all items on the page |
CTRL+A |
| Zoom in |
CTRL+PLUS |
| Zoom out |
CTRL+MINUS |
| Zoom to 100% |
CTRL+0 |
Navigation shortcuts
| Go to home page |
ALT+HOME |
| Go backward |
ALT+LEFT |
| Go forward |
ALT+RIGHT |
| Refresh page |
F5 |
| Refresh page and the cache |
CTRL+F5 |
| Stop downloading page |
ESC |
Favorites Center shortcuts
| Open Favorites |
CTRL+I |
| Open Favorites in pinned mode |
CTRL+SHIFT+I |
| Organize Favorites |
CTRL+B |
| Add current page to Favorites |
CTRL+D |
| Open Feeds |
CTRL+J |
| Open Feeds in pinned mode |
CTRL+SHIFT+J |
| Open History |
CTRL+H |
| Open History in pinned mode |
CTRL+SHIFT+H |
Tab shortcuts
| Open link in new background tab |
Middle mouse button or CTRL+left mouse button |
| Open link in new foreground tab |
CTRL+SHIFT+left mouse button or CTRL+SHIFT+middle mouse button |
| Close tab (closes window if only one tab is open) |
Middle mouse button on the tab or CTRL+W |
| Open Quick Tab view |
CTRL+Q |
| Open new tab |
CTRL+T |
| View list of open tabs |
CTRL+SHIFT+Q |
| Switch to next tab |
CTRL+TAB |
| Switch to previous tab |
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB |
Address Bar shortcuts
| Select the Address Bar |
ALT+D |
| Add “http://www.” to the beginning and “.com” to the end |
CTRL+ENTER |
| Add “http://www.� to the beginning |
CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER |
| Open the website address that is typed in the Address Bar in new tab |
ALT+ENTER |
| View list of previously typed addresses |
F4 |
Instant Search Box
| Select the Instant Search Box |
CTRL+E |
| View list of search providers |
CTRL+DOWN |
| Open search results in new tab |
ALT+ENTER |
Common tasks
| To do this |
Do this |
| Disable all add-ons |
Windows logo key + R > iexplore.exe –extoff |
| Turn on AutoComplete |
Tools > Internet Options > Advanced > Use inline AutoComplete |
| Change tab settings |
Tools > Internet Options > on the General tab, under Tabs, click Settings |
| Delete all data |
Tools > Delete Browsing History |
| Find and install add-ons |
Tools > Manage Add-ons > Find More Add-ons |
| Print part of page |
Select part of the page you want to print, press CTRL+P, click Selection, and then click Print |
| Change website address suffix* |
Tools > Internet Options > Languages |
| Display the Menu Bar at the top of the screen |
To display temporarily: press the ALT key
To display permanently: Tools > Menu Bar |
* For example, if you chose “net” for the website suffix, pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER would add “http://www.” to the beginning and “.net” to the end of the address in the Address Bar.