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Internet Explorer 7 Quick Reference Guide
- by Garry Conn

Here is a handy quick reference guide for the new Internet Explorer 7. Bookmark and save this guide for future reference. If you can think of something else to add to the guide, please feel free to post a comment and I will update the guide with your suggested shortcut.

Address Bar Shortcuts:

• ALT+D: Select the Address Bar.
• CTRL+ENTER: Add "http://www." to the beginning and
  ".com" to the end of text in Address Bar.
• CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER: Add “http://www.” to the beginning and the website
  address suffix you have specified to the end of text in the Address Bar.
• ALT+ENTER: Open the website address that is typed in the Address Bar in new
  tab.
• F4: View list of previously typed addresses

Common Tasks:

• Change how tabs work in Internet Explorer: Tools > Internet Options
  > on the General tab, under Tabs, click Settings
• Change website address suffix: Tools > Internet Options > Languages
• Delete cookies, passwords, form data, history, and temporary Internet
  files: Tools > Delete Browsing History
• Disable all add-ons: Windows logo key + R > iexplore.exe –extoff
• Display the Menu Bar at the top of the screen: To display temporarily:
  press the ALT key
  To display permanently: Tools > Menu Bar
• Find and install add-ons: Tools > Manage Add-ons > Find More Add-ons
• Turn on AutoComplete so that website addresses will be automatically
  filled in for you if you begin to type them again

Favorites Shortcuts:

• CTRL+D: Add current page to Favorites.
• CTRL+I: Open favorites.
• CTRL+SHIFT+I: Open Favorites in pinned mode.
• CTRL+B: Organize Favorites.
• CTRL+J: Open feeds.
• CTRL+SHIFT+J: Open Feeds in pinned mode.
• CTRL+H: Open History.
• CTRL+SHIFT+H: Open History in pinned mode

General Shortcuts:

• TAB: Cycle through the Address Bar, Refresh button, Search Box, and items
  on a web page.
• CTRL+F: Find a word or phrase on a page.
• CTRL+N: Open the current webpage in a new window.
• CTRL+P: Print the page.
• CTRL+A: Select all items on the page.
• F11: Turn Full Screen Mode on or off.
• CTRL+(+): Zoom in.
• CTRL+(-): Zoom out.
• CTRL+0: Zoom to 100%.

Navigation Shortcuts:

• ALT+LEFT: Go backward.
• ALT+RIGHT: Go forward.
• ALT+HOME: Go to home page.
• F5: Refresh page.
• CTRL+F5: Refresh page and cache.
• ESC: Stops page from downloading.

Searching Shortcuts:

• ALT+ENTER: Open search results in new tab.
• CTRL+E: Select the Search Bar.
• CTRL+DOWN: View a list of search providers.

Tabbed Browsing Shortcuts:

• CTRL+W or CTRL+F4: Close tab or closes window if only one tab is open.
• CTRL+left mouse button or middle mouse button: Open link in new background
  tab.
• CTRL+SHIFT+left mouse button or CTRL+SHIFT+middle mouse button: Open link
  in new foreground tab.
• CTRL+T: Opens a new tab.
• CTRL+Q: Open Quick Tab view.
• CTRL+TAB: Switch to next tab.
• CTRL+SHIFT+TAB: Switch to previous tab.
• CTRL+SHIFT+Q: View a list of open tabs.