Microsoft Outlook Quick Dev Reference

A visual cheat-sheet for the 210 keyboard shortcuts found in Microsoft Outlook.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Frequently used

Esc — Close

Alt H — Go to Home tab

Ctrl Shift M — New message

Alt S — Send

Alt N — Insert file

Ctrl Shift K — New task

Delete — Delete

Ctrl E — Search

Ctrl R — Reply

Ctrl F — Forward

Ctrl Shift R — Reply all

Ctrl C — Copy

Alt S — Send/Receive

Ctrl 2 — Go to calendar

Ctrl Shift A — Create appointment

Alt H M, V — Move to folder

Alt J A — Attachment Save As

Basic navigation

Ctrl 1 — Switch to Mail view

Ctrl 2 — Switch to Calendar view

Ctrl 3 — Switch to Contacts view

Ctrl 4 — Switch to Tasks view

Ctrl 5 — Switch to Notes

Ctrl 6 — Switch to Folders list in the Folder pane

Ctrl 7 — Switch to Shortcuts

Ctrl . — Switch to next open message

Ctrl , — Switch to previous open message

Ctrl Shift Tab — Move between Folder/Outlook/Reading/To-Do

Ctrl Tab — Move ar ound message header lines in the Folder pane

Arrows — Move around within the Folder pane

Ctrl Y — Go to a different folder

Ctrl E — Go to the Search box

Alt Up — In the Reading pane, go to the previous message

Space — In the Reading pane, page down through text

Shift Space — In the Reading pane, page up through text

Left/Right — Collapse or expand a group in the email message list

Alt B/Left — Go back to previous view in the main Outlook window

Alt Right — Go forward to next view in the main Outlook window

Ctrl Shift W — Select the InfoBar and, if available, show menu of commands

Search

Ctrl E — Find a message or other item

Esc — Clear the search results

Ctrl Alt A — Expand the search to include all items in module you are in

Ctrl Shift F — Use Advanced Find

Ctrl Shift P — Create a Search folder

F4 — Search for text within an open item

Ctrl H — Find and replace text/symbols in Reading pane

Ctrl Alt K — Expand search to include items from the current folder

Ctrl Alt Z — Expand search to include subfolders

Create an item or file

Ctrl Shift A — Create an appointment

Ctrl Shift C — Create a contact

Ctrl Shift L — Create a contact group

Ctrl Shift X — Create a fax

Ctrl Shift E — Create a folder

Ctrl Shift Q — Create a meeting request

Ctrl Shift M — Create a message

Ctrl Shift N — Create a note

Ctrl Shift H — Create an Office document

Ctrl Shift S — Post to the selected folder

Ctrl T — Post a reply in the selected folder

Ctrl Shift P — Create a Search folder

Ctrl Shift K — Create a task

Commands in most views

Ctrl S — Save (except in Tasks view)

Alt S — Save and close (except in Mail view)

F12 — Save as (only in Mail view)

Ctrl Z — Undo

Ctrl D — Delete an item

Ctrl P — Print

Ctrl Shift Y — Copy an item

Ctrl Shift V — Move an item

Ctrl K — Check names

F7 — Check spelling

Ctrl Shift G — Flag for follow-up

Ctrl F — Forward

Alt S — Send or post or invite all

F2 — Endable editing in a field, all views except Mail/Icon

Ctrl L — Left align text

Ctrl E — Center text

Ctrl R — Right align text

Mail

Ctrl Shift I — Switch to Inbox

Ctrl Shift O — Switch to Outbox

Ctrl K — Check names

Alt S — Send

Ctrl R — Reply to a message

Ctrl Shift R — Replay All to a message

Ctrl Alt R — Reply with meeting request

Ctrl F — Forward a message

Ctrl Alt J — Mark a message as not junk

Ctrl Shift I — Display blocked external content

Ctrl Shift S — Post to a folder

Ctrl Shift N — Apply Normal style

Ctrl M — Check for new messages

Up — Go to the previous message

Down — Go to next message

Ctrl N — Create a message (in Mail view)

Ctrl Shift M — Create a message (from any Outlook view)

Ctrl O — Open a received message

Ctrl Shift D — Delete and ignore a conversation

Ctrl Shift B — Open the Address Book

Insert — Add a Quick flag to an unopened message

Ctrl Shift G — Display the Flag for follow up dialog box

Ctrl Q — Mark as read

Ctrl U — Mark as unread

Ctrl Shift W — Open the MailTip in the selected message

F4 — Find or replace

Shift F4 — Find next

Ctrl Enter — Send

Ctrl P — Print

Ctrl F — Forward

Ctrl Alt F — Forward as attachment

Alt Enter — Show the properties for the selected item

Ctrl Alt M — Mark for download

Ctrl Alt U — Check Mark for download status

Ctrl B — Display Send/Receive progress

Calendar

Ctrl N — Create an appointment

Ctrl Shift A — Create an appointment (any Outlook view)

Ctrl Shift Q — Create a meeting request

Alt 1-0 — Show 1-10 days in the calendar

Ctrl G — Go to a date

Alt = — Switch to Month view

Ctrl Right — Go to the next day

Alt Down — Go to the next week

Alt PgDown — Go to the next month

Ctrl Left — Go to the previous day

Alt Up — Go to the previous week

Alt PgUp — Go to the previous month

Alt Home — Go to the start of the week

Alt End — Go to the end of the week

Alt - — Switch to Full Week view

Ctrl Alt 2 — Switch to Work Week view

Ctrl , — Go to previous appointment

Ctrl . — Go to next appointment

Ctrl G — Set up recurrence for an open appointment or meeting

People

Ctrl Shift D — Dial a new call

F3 — Find a contact or other item

F11 — Enter a name in the Search Address Books box

Shift (letter) — In Table or List view of contacts, go to first contact with letter

Ctrl A — Select all contacts

Ctrl F — Create a message with selected contact as subject

Ctrl N — Create a contact (when in Contacts)

Ctrl Shift C — Create a contact (any Outlook view)

Ctrl O — Open a contact form for the selected contact

Ctrl Shift L — Create a contact group

Ctrl P — Print

F5 — Update a list of contact group members

Ctrl Y — Go to a different folder

Ctrl Shift B — Open the Address Book

Ctrl Shift F — Use Advanced Find

Ctrl Shift . — In an open contact, open the next contact listed

F11 — Find a contact

Esc — Close a contact

Ctrl Shift X — Send a fax to the selected contact

Alt D — Open the Check Address dialog box

Alt Shift 1-3 — In contact form, display Email 1-3

Tasks

Ctrl C — Accept a task request

Ctrl D — Decline a task request

Ctrl E — Find a task or other item

Ctrl Y — Open the Go to Folder dialog box

Ctrl N — Create a task when in Tasks view

Ctrl Shift K — Create a task (any Outlook view)

Ctrl O — Open selected item

Ctrl P — Print selected item

Ctrl A — Select all items

Ctrl D — Delete selected item

Ctrl F — Forward a task as an attachment

Ctrl Shift Alt U — Create a task request

Tab — Switch between Folder/Tasks/To-Do

Ctrl Z — Undo last action

Insert — Flag an item or mark complete

Format text

Alt O — Display the Format menu

Ctrl Shift P — Display the Font dialog box

Shift F3 — Switch case (with text selected)

Ctrl Shift K — Format letters as small capitals

Ctrl B — Make letters bold

Ctrl Shift L — Add bullets

Ctrl I — Make letters italic

Ctrl T — Increase indent

Ctrl Shift T — Decrease indent

Ctrl L — Left align

Ctrl E — Center

Ctrl U — Underline

Ctrl ] — Increase font size

Ctrl [ — Decrease font size

Ctrl X — Cut

Ctrl C — Copy

Ctrl V — Paste

Ctrl Shift Z — Clear formatting

Ctrl Shift H — Delete the next word

Ctrl Shift J — Justify text

Ctrl Shift S — Apply styles

Ctrl T — Create a hanging indent

Ctrl K — Insert a hyperlink

Ctrl L — Left align a paragraph

Ctrl R — Right align a paragraph

Ctrl Shift T — Reduce a hanging indent

Ctrl Q — Remove paragraph formatting

Add web information to items

Ctrl K — Insert or edit a hyperlink in the body of an item

Printing

Alt F, P — Open the Print tab in Backstage view

Alt F, P, F — Print an item fron an open window

Alt S — Open the Page Setup dialog box from Print view

Alt F, P, I — Select a printer from Print view

Alt F, P, R — Open the Print Options dialog box

Send/Receive

F9 — Start a send/receive for all defined groups

Shift F9 — Start a send/receive for the current folder

Ctrl M — Start a send/receive

Ctrl Alt S — Define Send/Receive groups

Visual Basic Editor

Alt F11 — Open Visual Basic Editor

Macros

Alt F8 — Play macro

Forms

Ctrl N — Create an InfoPath form

Ctrl Shift Alt T — Close an InfoPath form

Flags

Ctrl Shift G — Open the Flag for Follow Up dialog box

Color categories

Alt D — Delete the selected category from the list in the Color categories box