Shortcut Keys for Outlook
Shortcut Function
Ctrl-O Open the message in its own window
Ctrl-Shift-E Create a new folder
Ctrl-N Create a new message
Ctrl-P Print the selected messages
Ctrl-C Copy the selected text or the whole message body if there is
no selection
Ctrl-A Depending on the focus, mark all messages (if the focus is
on the message list) or all text within a message (if the
focus is on the preview pane)
Ctrl-Shift-F Search for a message (opens the message search dialog)
Shift-F3 Search for a message in this folder only
F3 Continue search
Ctrl-E Search for people (opens the people search dialog)
Ctrl-Shift-V Move the selected message to a different folder
Ctrl-D Delete the selected message
Ctrl-Q Mark the selected message as read
Ctrl-T Mark the current thread as read
Ctrl-Shift-A Mark all messages in this folder as read
Ctrl- Display the next message
Down Display the next message
Ctrl-U Display the next unread message
Ctrl-J Switch to the next folder containing unread messages
Ctrl-Y Switch to a different folder
Ctrl-I Switch to the inbox
Ctrl-Shift-O Open the options dialog
Ctrl-F2 Open the message body (with some strange HTML code
inserted) in notepad
Ctrl-F3 Display the message source code
Esc Stop current message transaction
F5 Fetch messages not yet downloaded from server
Ctrl-M Send and receive messages
Ctrl-Shift-B Open the address book
Ctrl-W Open the newsgroups selection dialog
Ctrl-R Reply to the author of the selected message
Ctrl-Shift-R Reply to both the author and all recipients of the selected
message.
Ctrl-G Create a follow-up to newsgroups
Ctrl-F Forward the selected message