You can use the Internet Explorer shortcut keys to perform lots of different tasks quickly or to work without a mouse.
The following table describes shortcuts used to view and explore webpages.
To do this
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Press this
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Display Help
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F1
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Toggle between full-screen and regular views of the browser window
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F11
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Move forward through the items on a webpage, the Address bar, or the Favorites bar
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Tab
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Move back through the items on a webpage, the Address bar, or the Favorites bar
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Shift+Tab
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Start Caret Browsing
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F7
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Go to your home page
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Alt+Home
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Go to the next page
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Alt+Right Arrow
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Go to the previous page
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Alt+Left Arrow or Backspace
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Display a shortcut menu for a link
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Shift+F10
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Move forward through frames and browser elements (only works if tabbed browsing is disabled)
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Ctrl+Tab or F6
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Move backward between frames (only works if tabbed browsing is disabled)
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Ctrl+Shift+Tab
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Scroll toward the beginning of a document
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Up Arrow
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Scroll toward the end of a document
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Down Arrow
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Scroll toward the beginning of a document in larger increments
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Page Up
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Scroll toward the end of a document in larger increments
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Page Down
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Move to the beginning of a document
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Home
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Move to the end of a document
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End
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Find on this page
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Ctrl+F
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Refresh the current webpage
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F5
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Refresh the current webpage, even if the time stamp for the web version and your locally stored version are the same
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Ctrl+F5
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Stop downloading a page
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Esc
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Open a new website or page
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Ctrl+O
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Open a new window
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Ctrl+N
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Open a new InPrivate Browsing window
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Ctrl+Shift+P
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Duplicate tab (open current tab in a new tab)
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Ctrl+K
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Reopen the last tab you closed
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Ctrl+Shift+T
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Close the current window (if you only have one tab open)
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Ctrl+W
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Save the current page
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Ctrl+S
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Print the current page or active frame
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Ctrl+P
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Activate a selected link
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Enter
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Open Favorites
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Ctrl+I
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Open History
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Ctrl+H
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Open Feeds
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Ctrl+J
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Open the Page menu
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Alt+P
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Open the Tools menu
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Alt+T
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Open the Help menu
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Alt+H
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| Using 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 |
The following table describes shortcuts used for zooming.
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 |
The following table describes shortcuts used for 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 |
The following table describes shortcuts used to preview and print webpages.
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 |
The following table describes shortcuts used on 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 Internet Explorer toolbar menus |
The following table describes shortcuts used to open Internet Explorer toolbar and Command bar menus.
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 feeds, history, and favorites |
The following table describes shortcuts used when working with feeds, history, and favorites.
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 the cursor in search box in feed view
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Alt+S
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| Editing |
The following table describes shortcuts used when editing webpages.
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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| Using the Information bar |
The following table describes shortcuts used when working with the Information bar.
To do this
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Press this
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Move focus to the Information bar
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Alt+N
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Click the Information bar
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Spacebar
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