Want to initiate a send and receive? Use F9 instead of the Send & Receive button.
Paste breaks the pattern, but V is more convenient to use after Ctrl+C or X.
Those shortcuts are Ctrl+C, Ctrl+X, Ctrl+V and Ctrl+A.
Shortcut key for creating a new task in outlook windows#
It would be nice if we had shortcuts for Junk Email, Drafts and Sent Items…Ĭopy, Cut, Paste and Select All work in most (or all) Windows programs. Need to go to the Inbox? Use Ctrl+Shift+I. Need to Reply to a message? Use Ctrl+R, or Ctrl+Shift+R to Reply All. Alt+S will Save and Close contacts, appointments, and tasks (since they can't be sent.) Use Alt+S to Send an email, meeting or task request. To Save the item you are working on, press Ctrl+S (this is Save in all Windows applications). Notice the pattern? Tasks and Meetings break the pattern as you’ll use Ctrl+Shift+K for a new tas k and Ctrl+Shift+Q for a new meeting, but appointments can be turned into meetings easy enough. Use Ctrl+Shift+M for new Mail when you are working in any folder, Ctrl+Shift+A for new Appointment, Ctrl+Shift+C for new Contact, or Ctrl+Shift+N for Note. If you’re in a mail folder, Ctrl+N will open a new message form if you are in the calendar, you'll get a new appointment form. Ctrl+N will also open a new message form when you are viewing a Mail folder, but I like the shortcut that works anywhere in Outlook - it's easier to remember when I use it all the time.Ĭtrl+N will get you a New item form in any folder. I don't know about you, but I think the keyboard shortcut of Ctrl+Shift+M would be faster. Go forward to next view in main Outlook window.I started thinking about this when a guy told me creates new messages by opening sent messages and replacing the contents because his new mail button was missing.
In the Reading Pane, page up through text. In the Reading Pane, page down through text. In the Reading Pane, go to the previous message.ĪLT+UP ARROW or CTRL+COMMA or ALT+PAGE UP Move around message header lines in the Navigation Pane or an open message. Move between the Navigation Pane, the main Outlook window, the Reading Pane, and the To-Do Bar. Switch to Folder List in the Navigation pane Selects the Menu Bar or Closes an open menu and submenu at the same time Move between the Outlook window, the smaller panes in the Folder Pane, the Reading Pane, and the sections in the To-Do Bar, and show the access keys in the Outlook ribbon. Go forward to next view in main Outlook windowĭisplay Send/Receive progress (when a Send/Receive is in progress)Īctivate a selected command on the ribbonįinish with a control on the ribbon and move back to the document Go back to previous view in main Outlook window In the Reading Pane, page up through text
In the Reading Pane, page down through text In the Reading Pane, go to the previous messageĪlt +Up arrow or Ctrl + comma or Alt + Page Up Move between the Outlook window, the smaller panes in the Folder Pane, the Reading Pane, and the sections in the To-Do Bar. Move around message header lines in the Folder Pane or an open message. Move between the Folder Pane, the main Outlook window, the Reading Pane, and the To-Do Bar. Switch to previous message (with message open)ĭisplay the current week in calendar viewĭisplay the current month in calendar viewĬhange the number of calendar days that displayįind a message or other item (Go to Search box)Įxpand search to include items from the current folder Switch to next message (with message open)