Learn how to perform keyboard acrobatics with Windows Live Hotmail. Speed up the way you work and mail.
Many things on your computer can be performed much quicker using keyboard shortcuts. From simple stuff like pressing the Windows key to open the Start menu, to more complicated things like the well-known emergency shortcut Ctrl+Alt+Delete—shortcuts are fast and easy. Make use of keyboard shortcuts in Windows Live Hotmail, too!
Here is the complete list of keyboard shortcuts to use within the Windows Live Hotmail web app:
| To do this | Press this |
|---|---|
| Delete a message | Delete |
| Create a new message | Ctrl+N |
| Send a message | Ctrl+Enter |
| Open a message | Ctrl+Shift+O |
| Print a message | Ctrl+Shift+P |
| Reply to a message | Ctrl+R |
| Reply all to a message | Ctrl+Shift+R |
| Forward a message | Ctrl+Shift+F |
| Save a draft message | Ctrl+S |
| Flag a message for follow up | L |
| Mark a message as junk | Ctrl+Shift+J |
| Mark a message as read | Ctrl+Q |
| Mark a message as unread | Ctrl+U |
| Move to a folder | Ctrl+Shift+V |
| Open the next message | Ctrl+. |
| Open the previous message | Ctrl+, |
| Close a message | Esc |
| Search your email messages | / |
| Check spelling | F7 |
| Select all | S then A |
| Deselect all | S then N |
| Go to the inbox | F then I |
| Go to your Drafts folder | F then D |
| Go to your Sent folder | F then S |