Enable Outlook.com Keyboard Shortcuts
To turn Outlook.com keyboard shortcuts on or off:
Select Settings. Select View all Outlook settings. Select General > Accessibility. Select Outlook. com. If you don’t want to use Outlook. com keyboard shortcuts, choose one of the following: Yahoo! Mail: To use Yahoo! Mail keyboard shortcuts in Outlook. com. Gmail: To use Gmail keyboard shortcuts in Outlook. com. Outlook: To use standard Outlook shortcuts. Turn off keyboard shortcuts: To disable keyboard shortcuts in Outlook. com. Select Save. Select the X to close Settings.
Use Outlook.com Keyboard Shortcuts
To handle email swiftly in Outlook.com, use the following keyboard shortcuts:
Yahoo! Mail: To use Yahoo! Mail keyboard shortcuts in Outlook. com. Gmail: To use Gmail keyboard shortcuts in Outlook. com. Outlook: To use standard Outlook shortcuts. Turn off keyboard shortcuts: To disable keyboard shortcuts in Outlook. com.
Compose Emails:
N: Start a new message. Ctrl+Enter or Alt+S: Send the selected message. R: Reply to the selected message. A or Shift+R: Reply all to the selected message. Shift+F: Forward the selected message. Ctrl+S: Save the selected message as a draft. Esc: Discard the draft. Ctrl+K: Insert a hyperlink.
Additional Email Actions:
Ctrl+Z: Undo the last action. Del or Delete: Delete the selected message. Shift+Delete: Permanently delete the selected message. Shift+E: Create a new folder. Q: Mark the selected message as read. U: Mark the select message as unread. Ins or Insert: Flag the selected message E: Archive J: Mark the selected message as junk V: Move to a folder C: Categorize the selected message
Read Email:
O or Enter: Open the selected message. Shift+Enter: Open selected message in a new window. Esc: Close the selected message. Ctrl+. (period): Open the next item. Ctrl+, (comma): Open the previous item. X: Expand or collapse a conversation.
View the Email List:
Ctrl+A: Select all messages. Esc: Clear all messages. Home or Ctrl+Home: Select the first message.
Navigation and Miscellaneous:
Ctrl+Shift+1: Go to Mail. Ctrl+Shift+2: Go to Calendar. Ctrl+Shift+3: Go to People. Ctrl+Shift+4: Go to Tasks. G then I: Go to Inbox. G then D: Go to Drafts. G then S: Go to Sent. / (forward slash): Search your email. ? (question mark): Show help.
