Outlook 2003 – Basic Navigation

Create an Item or File

All Items

E-mail

Calendar

Contacts

Tasks

Format Text

Add Web Information to Items

Send – Receive

Views

General Use

With a Group Selected

All Groups

Day-Week-Month View

Date Navigator

Address Card Views – General Use

 

 

Outlook 2003 – Basic Navigation

Description

Command

Switch to Mail

C

Control + 1

 

Switch to Calendar

 

Control + 2

 

Switch to Contacts

 

Control + 3

 

Switch to Tasks

 

Control + 4

 

Switch to Notes

 

Control + 5

 

Switch to Folder List in Navigation Pane (Navigation Pane: The column on the left side of the Outlook window that includes panes such as Shortcuts or Mail and the shortcuts or folders within each pane. Click a folder to show the items in the folder.)

 

Control + 6

 

Switch to Shortcuts

 

Control + 7

 

Next item (with item open)

 

Control + Comma

 

Previous item (with item open)

 

Control + period

 

Switch between the Folder List and the main Outlook window

 

F6 or Control + Shift + Tab

 

 

Move among the Outlook window, the Navigation Pane, and the Reading Pane

 

Tab

Move around within the Navigation Pane

 

Tab

Go to a different folder

 

Control + Y

 

Expand/collapse a group (with a group selected) in the Navigation Pane

 

Plus or Minus sign on the numeric key pad

Collapse/expand a group in the e-mail message list

 

Left and Right Arrow keys

 

Create an Item or File

Description

Command

Appointment

 

Control + Shift + A

 

 

Contact

 

Control + Shift + C

 

Distribution list

 

Control + Shift + L

 

Fax

 

Control + Shift + X

 

Folder

 

Control + Shift + E

 

Journal entry

 

Control + Shift + J

 

Meeting request

 

Control + Shift + Q

 

Message

 

Control + Shift + M

 

Note

 

Control + Shift + N

 

new Office document.

 

Control + Shift + H

 

Post in this folder

 

Control + Shift + S

 

Search Folder

 

Control + Shift + P

 

Task

 

Control + Shift + K

 

Task request

 

Control + Shift + U

 

 

All Items

Description

Command

Display ScreenTip for the active element

 

Shift + F1

 

Save

 

Control + S or Shift + F12

 

 

Save and Close, Send

 

Alt + S

Save As

 

F12

Undo

 

Control + Z or Alt + Backspace

 

Delete

 

Control + D

 

Print

 

Control + P

 

Copy item

 

Control + Shift + Y

 

 

Move item

 

Control + Shift + V

 

Check names

 

Control + K

 

Check spelling

 

F7

Flag for follow-up

 

Control + Shift + G

 

Forward

 

Control + F

 

Send/post/invite all

 

Alt + S

Find items

 

F3 or Control + E

 

Search for text in items

 

F4

Find next during text search

 

Shift + F4

 

Use Advanced Find

 

Control + Shift + F

 

 

Create a new Search Folder

 

Control + Shift + P

 

Turn on editing in a field (except icon view)

 

F2

 

E-mail

Description

Command

Switch to Inbox

 

Control + Shift + I

 

 

Switch to Outbox

 

Control + Shift + O

 

Choose the account from which to send a message

 

Control + Tab

 

Send

 

Alt + S

Reply to a message

 

Control + R

 

Reply all to a message

 

Control + Shift + R

 

 

Mark a message as not junk

 

Control + Alt + J

 

Display blocked external content (in a message)

 

Control + Shift + I

 

 

Post to a folder

 

Control + Shift + S

 

Check for new mail

 

Control + M or F9

 

Go to the next message

 

 Up Arrow

Go to the previous message

 

Down Arrow

Go to the row above (message or group heading)

 

Alt + Up Arrow

Go to the row below (message or group heading)

 

Alt + Down Arrow

Compose a new message

 

Control + N

 

Open a received message

 

Control + O

 

Display the Address Book

 

Control + Shift + B

 

 

Convert an HTML or RTF message to plain text

 

Control + Shift + O

 

Add a Quick Flag to a message

 

Insert

Display the Flag for Follow Up dialog box

 

Control + Shift + G

 

Mark as read

 

Control + Q

 

Show the menu to download pictures, change automatic download settings, or add a sender to the Safe Senders List.

 

Control + Shift + W

 

 

Calendar

Description

Command

Accept

 

Alt + C

Decline

 

Alt + D

 

Contacts

Description

Command

Dial

 

Control + Shift + D

 

 

Enter a name in the Find a Contact box

 

F11

 

Tasks

Description

Command

Accept

 

Alt + C

Decline

 

Alt + D

 

Format Text

Description

Command

Display the Format menu

 

Alt + O

Switch case (with text selected)

 

Shift + F3

 

Add bold

 

Control + B

 

Add bullets

 

Control + Shift + L

 

 

Add italics

 

Control + I

 

Increase indent

 

Control + T

 

Decrease indent

 

Control + Shift + T

 

 

Left align

 

Control + L

 

Center

 

Control + E

 

Underline

 

Control + U

 

Increase font size

 

Control +]

 

Decrease font size

 

Control +[

 

Cut

 

Control + X or Shift + Delete

 

 

Copy

 

Control + C or Control + insert

 

 

Paste

 

Control + V or Shift + Insert

 

 

 

Clear formatting

 

Control + Shift + Z or Control + Spacebar

 

 

 

 

Add Web Information to Items

Description

Command

Edit a URL in the body of an item

 

Control + Left Mouse Button

 

Specify a Web browser

 

Shift + Left Mouse Button

 

Insert a hyperlink

 

Control + K (When using Word as e-mail editor only)

 

 

Send – Receive

Description

Command

Starts send/receive for all defined Send/Receive groups with Include this group in Send/Receive (F9) selected. This can include headers, full items, specified folders, items less than a specific size, or any combination that you have defined.

 

F9

Starts a send/receive for current folder retrieving full items (header, item, and any attachments)

 

Shift + F9

 

 

Views

General Use

Description

Command

Open an item

 

Enter

Select all items

 

Control + A

 

Go to the item at the bottom of the screen

 

Page Down

Go to the item at the top of the screen

 

Page UP

Extend or reduce the selected items by one item

 

Shift + Left Arrow or Shift + Right Arrow

 

 

Go to the next or previous item without extending the selection

 

 

 Control + Up Arrow or Control + Down Arrow

 

Select or unselect the active item

 

Control + Spacebar

 

Move every item in the selection to the top or bottom in the list order

 

Control + Home or Control + End (with in-cell editing disabled) 

 

 

 

With a Group Selected

Description

Command

Expand the group

 

Enter Or Right Arrow

Collapse the group

 

Enter or Left Arrow

Select the previous group

 

Up Arrow

Select the next group

 

Down Arrow

Select the first group

 

Home

Select the last group

 

End

Collapses the group

 

Num -

Expands the group

 

Num +

Select the first item on screen in an expanded group or the first item off screen to the right

 

Right Arrow

 

All Groups

Description

Command

Collapses all groups

 

Control + Num -

 

Expands all groups

 

Control + Num +

 

 

Day-Week-Month View

Description

Command

View from 1 through 9 days

 

Alt + 1 through 9

View 10 days

 

Alt + 0 (Zero)

Switch to weeks

 

Alt + Hyphen sign

Switch to months

 

Alt + = (Equal sign)

Move between Calendar, TaskPad, and the Folder List

 

Control + Tab or F6

 

Select the previous appointment

 

Shift + Tab

 

Go to the previous day

 

Left Arrow

Go to the next day

 

Right Arrow

Move selected item to the previous day when multiple days appear

 

Alt + Left Arrow

Move selected item to the next day when multiple days appear

 

Alt + Right Arrow

Go to the same day in the next week

 

Alt + Down Arrow

Go to the same day in the previous week

 

Alt + Up Arrow

 

Date Navigator

Description

Command

Go to the first day of the current week

 

Alt + Home

Go to the last day of the current week

 

Alt + End

Go to the same day in the previous week

 

Alt + Up Arrow

Go to the same day in the next week

 

Alt + Down Arrow

Go to the first day of the month

 

Alt + Page Up

Go to the last day of the month

 

Alt + Page Down

 

Address Card Views – General Use

Description

Command

Select a specific card in the list

 

Type one or more letters of the name the card is filed under or of the field you are sorting by

 

Select the previous card

 

Up Arrow

Select the next card

 

Down Arrow

Select the first card in the list

 

Home

Select the last card in the list

 

End

Select the first card on the current page

 

Page Up

Select the first card on the next page

 

Page Down

Select the closest card in the next column

 

Right Arrow

Select the closest card in the previous column

 

Left Arrow

Select or unselect the active card

 

Control + Spacebar

 

Extend the selection to the previous card and unselect cards after the starting point

 

Shift + Up Arrow

 

Extend the selection to the next card and unselect cards before the starting point

 

Shift + Down Arrow

 

Extend the selection to the previous card, regardless of the starting point

 

Control + Shift + Up Arrow

 

 

Extend the selection to the next card, regardless of the starting point

 

Control + Shift + Down Arrow

 

Extend the selection to the first card in the list

 

Shift + Home

 

Extend the selection to the last card in the list

 

Shift + End

 

Extend the selection to the first card on the previous page

 

Shift + Page Up

 

Extend the selection to the last card on the last page

 

Shift + Page Down

 

 

 

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