Keyboard Shortcuts For I.E., Safari, And Firefox

Short Tutorial - Keyboard Shortcuts For Internet Explorer, Safari, And Firefox

Microsoft Corp. provides simple keyboard shortcuts for its Internet Explorer browser. Likewise, Apple's Safari browser and Mozilla's Firefox browser provide similar shortcuts. Use these easy keystroke shortcuts and you may never need to use your mouse again — well, almost never. Here are a few of the more commonly used shortcuts for each of these browsers:

Safari MACINTOSH

Shortcuts for . . .

Finding things:

* Press on the "CMD" key and the "F" key to open a "Find" box. This allows you to find words located on the web page you currently have open.
* Press on the "CMD," "Option," and "F" keys simultaneously to select the Google search box.

Moving within a web page:

* Press on the "tab" key to move forward through the items on a web page.
* Press on the "Arrow" keys to scroll up, down, left, or right within a page.
* Press on the "Option" and an arrow key to scroll in larger increments.
* Press on the "Page Down" key or "Space bar" to scroll down a screen.
* Press on the "Page Up" key or "Shift" and the "Space bar" to scroll up a screen.

Moving between web pages:

* Press on the "CMD," "Shift," and "]" keys simultaneously to select the next tab.
* Press on the "CMD," "Shift," and "[" keys simultaneously to select the previous tab.
* Press on the "ESC" key (the Escape key) to stop a web page from downloading.
* Press on the "CMD" key and the "N" key to open an additional browser window.
* Press on the "CMD" key and the "W" key to close the current browser window.

Internet Explorer WINDOWS

Shortcuts for . . .

Finding things:

* Press on the "CTRL" key and the "F" key to open a "Find" box. This allows you to find words located on the web page you currently have open.

Moving within a web page:

* Press on the "tab" key to move forward through the items on a web page.
* Press on the "up arrow symbol" to scroll up toward the beginning of a document.
* Press on the "down arrow symbol" to scroll down toward the end of a document. (You can also press on the space bar on your keyboard to scroll down the page.)
* Press on the "PAGE UP" key to scroll toward the beginning of a document in larger increments.
* Press on the "PAGE DOWN" key to scroll toward the end of a document in larger increments.
* Press on the "HOME" key to move to the beginning of a document.
* Press on the "END" key to move to the end of a document.

Moving between web pages:

* Press on the "CTRL" key and the "N" key to open an additional browser window.
* Press on the "CTRL" key and the "W" key to close the current browser window.
* Press on the "F11" key to toggle between full-screen and regular views of the browser window.
* Press on the "ALT" and "HOME" keys to go to your Home page.
* Press on the "ALT" and "Right Arrow" keys to go to the next page.
* Press on the "ALT" and "LEFT ARROW" or "BACKSPACE" keys to go to the previous page.
* Press on the "ESC" key (the Escape key) to stop a web page from downloading.

Firefox MACINTOSH and PC

Shortcuts for . . .

Moving between web pages:

Back

* (PC) Press on the "ALT" and "Left Arrow" keys to go back one page.
* (Mac) Press on the "delete" key to go back one page.

Forward

* (PC) Press on the "ALT" and "Right Arrow" keys to go forward one page.
* (Mac) Press on the "Shift" and "delete" keys to go forward one page.

Home

* (PC) Press on the "ALT" and "Home" keys to go to your startup page.
* (Mac) Press on the "Opt" and "Home" keys to go to your startup page.

Stop

* (PC) Press on the "CTRL" and "." keys to stop a page from loading.
* (Mac) Press on the "CMD" and "." keys to stop a page from loading.
* (BOTH) Press on the "Esc" key to stop a page from loading.

Close Tab

* (PC) Press on the "CTRL" and "W" keys to close a tab.
* (Mac) Press on the "CMD" and "W" keys to close a tab.

Close Window

* (PC) Press on the "CTRL," "Shift," and "W" keys simultaneously to close a window.
* (Mac) Press on the "CMD," "Shift," and "W" keys simultaneously to close a window.

Next Tab

* (PC) Press on the "CTRL" and "Page Down" keys to go to the next tab.
* (Mac) Press on the "CMD," "Opt," and "Right Arrow" keys simultaneously to go to the next tab.

Previous Tab

* (PC) Press on the "CTRL" and "Page Up" keys to go to the previous tab.
* (Mac) Press on the "CMD," "Opt," and "Left Arrow" keys simultaneously to go to the previous tab.

Bookmarking . . .

Bookmark All Tabs

* (PC) Press on the "CTRL," "Shift," and "D" keys simultaneously to bookmark all tabs.
* (Mac) Press on the "CMD," "Shift," and "D" keys simultaneously to bookmark all tabs.

Bookmark Current Page

* (PC) Press on the "CTRL" and "D" keys to bookmark the current page.
* (Mac) Press on the "CMD" and "D" keys to bookmark the current page.

View Bookmarks

* (PC) Press on the "CTRL" and "B" keys to view your bookmarks.
* (Mac) Press on the "CMD" and "B" keys to view your bookmarks.