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Easy URL Entry-Your New Favorite Shortcuts
How many times a day do you click into the Internet Explorer (IE) address bar and then type WWW [dot] SOMETHING [dot] COM? Try these great shortcuts together to speed up just about every entry into your browser address bar:

  • Go to the Address bar: [Alt] + D
     
  • To automatically add www. before, and .com after, what you're typing in the Address bar and go to that site: [Ctrl] + [Enter]

For instance, to go to the Microsoft website, press [Alt] + D, then type microsoft, and then press [Ctrl] + [Enter].

See how many clicks and keystrokes you can save with these two combinations.

Stop and Refresh
To save time loading and updating web pages:

  • To stop downloading a web page: [Esc]
  • To refresh the current web page: [F5] or [Ctrl] + R

Change Your Browser Window
Customize the view of your IE browser window with these tricks:

  • To show or hide the History bar: [Ctrl] + H
  • To show or hide the Favorites bar: [Ctrl] + I
  • To toggle full-screen mode on or off: [F11]

Find in a Web Page
Save time finding a word or phrase on a web page with a quick
find. This shortcut is especially handy when you get to a page
via a search engine but the search term you are looking for is not quickly found.

  • To open the Find dialog box: [Ctrl] + F

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Hot IE Tip
To keep your current browser window open and also move to another website, open another window with [Ctrl] + N or File > New > Window.
 
Did You Know?
Press [Ctrl] + P to print the active web page.
 
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