Keystroke Shortcuts
General Outlook Keystrokes
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Ctrl + Shift + M New Mail Message
Ctrl + Shift + A New Personal Appointment
Ctrl + Shift + Q New Meeting Request (to someone else)
Ctrl + Shift + L New Personal Distribution List
Ctrl + Shift + K New Personal Task
Ctrl + Shift + U New Task Request (to someone else)
Ctrl + Shift + N New Note
Ctrl + N New Item (appropriate for whichever folder is active, e.g., New Mail Message, New Contact, New Appointment, etc.)
Ctrl + Shift + B Address Book (open)
Ctrl + E or F3 Find
Folder View
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Ctrl + 1 Switch to the Inbox
Ctrl + 2 Switch to the Calendar
Ctrl + 3 Switch to the Contacts folder
Ctrl + 4 Switch to the Tasks folder
Ctrl + 5 Switch to the Notes folder
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Ctrl + R Reply to Sender
Ctrl + Shift + R Reply to All
Ctrl + F Forward
Ctrl + D Delete selected messages
Shift + Delete Permanently delete selected messages
Ctrl + Shift + V Move to folder
Calendar
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Alt + O (the letter) Jump to current date
Right Arrow Move to next day
Left Arrow Move to previous day
Alt + Up Arrow Move to same day in previous week
Alt + Down Arrow Move to same day in next week
Tab Select next appointment/meeting
Shift + Tab Select previous appointment/meeting
Alt + number (Can use numbers 0 - 9 where 0 = 10) to specify how many days to display in the calendar (e.g., Alt + 3 will display 3 days, starting with the date your cursor is on)
Alt + Y Switch to Day view
Alt + R Switch to Work Week view
Alt + W Switch to Week view
Alt + M Switch to Month view
Standard Windows Keystrokes
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Ctrl + P Print
F1 Help
Alt + F4 Exit Program