Outlook Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts save you a lot of time when working with any software, and Outlook is no exception. In fact, there are plenty of them. Here we have the most common Outlook keyboard shortcuts for you

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Create a new message or calendar event.

Ctrl+N

Open selected message in a new window.

Shift+Enter

Delete message or item.

Delete

Forward message.

Ctrl+F

Go to calendar.

Ctrl+2

Select the Reply All option.

Ctrl+Shift+R

Reply to email message.

Ctrl+R

Send email message.

Ctrl+Enter

Open split buttons.

Alt+Down arrow key

Edit text

The text editing keyboard shortcuts in new Outlook are the same as those in other Microsoft products.

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Copy your selection to the clipboard.

Ctrl+C

Cut text you selected.

Ctrl+X

Delete selected text or characters to the left of the cursor.

Backspace

Delete the word to the left of the cursor, but not the space before the word.

Ctrl+Backspace

Insert a hyperlink.

Ctrl+K

Paste content from the clipboard into the current location.

Ctrl+V

Repeat the most recent action.

Ctrl+Y

Reverse the most recent action.

Ctrl+Z

Format text

The text formatting keyboard shortcuts in new Outlook are the same as those in other Microsoft products.

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Apply bold formatting.

Ctrl+B

Apply italic formatting.

Ctrl+I

Underline text.

Ctrl+U

Mail keyboard shortcuts

Use the Folder pane

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Collapse the selected section.

Left arrow key

Expand the selected section.

Right arrow key

Use the message and reading list

The keyboard shortcuts in the below table can be used to perform the same action in both the message list and the reading list.

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Delete selected message.

Delete

Mark the selected conversation or message as read.

Ctrl+Q

Mark the selected conversation or message as unread.

Ctrl+U

Permanently delete the selected message or item.

Shift+Delete

Flag a message or mark a flagged message as complete.

Insert

Cancel a search.

Esc

Go to the next message

Ctrl+>

Go to the previous message

Ctrl+<

Use the message list

The keyboard shortcuts in the below table are message list specific.

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Select the current and next message in the list. Use this to select multiple, contiguous messages.

Shift+Down arrow key

Select the current and previous messages in the list. Use this to select multiple, contiguous messages.

Shift+Up arrow key

Select the first message in the folder.

Home or Ctrl+Home

Use the reading list

The keyboard shortcuts in the below table are reading list specific.

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Close a new message.

Esc

Create a new message.

Ctrl+N

Forward a selected message.

Ctrl+F

Go to the bottom of a conversation or message.

End

Go to the top of a conversation or message.

Home

Move down one page for conversations or messages of two or more pages.

Page down

Move up one page for conversations or messages of two or more pages.

Page up

Reply to the selected message.

Ctrl+R

Reply to the sender and all recipients of the selected message.

Ctrl+Shift+R

Send a message.

Ctrl+Enter

Calendar keyboard shortcuts

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Create a new calendar item.

Ctrl+N

Delete the selected item.

Delete

Go to the calendar.

Ctrl+2

Move to a different region in the calendar.

F6

Move to the next event or area in the current view.

Tab key

Move to a previous event or area in the current view.

Shift+Tab

Open the selected item.

Enter

Use the calendar board view

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Open the Quick Switcher.

Ctrl+Shift+K

Pan left, right, up, or down.

Ctrl+Left, Right, Up, or Down arrow key

With JAWS and NVDA, switch to focus navigation to use this shortcut.

Reset pan and zoom.

Ctrl+0

Move selected item left, right, up, or down.

Ctrl+Shift+Left, Right, Up, or Down arrow key

With JAWS and NVDA, switch to focus navigation to use this shortcut.

Deselect all items.

Esc

Open Board view.

Shift+Alt+6

Contacts (People) keyboard shortcuts

The People view is your address book in Outlook where your personal contacts are stored and where you can open any address book that has been set up for your organization. The People, Mail, and Calendar views work together so you can easily send mail to and schedule appointments with your most important people.

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Go to People.

Ctrl+3

Go to Mail.

Ctrl+1

Go to Calendar.

Ctrl+2

Delete a contact or contact list.

Delete or Ctrl+D

Create a contact.

Ctrl+N

Search for a contact.

Ctrl+E

Discard contact.

Esc

Save a contact or contact list.

Ctrl+S

Select all contacts or contact lists.

Ctrl+A

Unselect all contacts or contact lists.

Esc

Edit a contact or contact list.

Shift+E

Move down in the contact list or hub list.

Down arrow key

Move up in the contact list or hub list.

Up arrow key

Create a contact list.

Ctrl+L

Display the list of People keyboard shortcuts.

Shift+Question mark (?)

Move the focus to the Home tab.

Alt+Windows +H

Move the focus to the View tab.

Alt+Windows +V

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