Hotmail Help & How-to
You can do many common tasks in Hotmail by using just the keyboard.
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
The spelling checker might not be available in all regions.
If you're more familiar with Gmail or Yahoo! keyboard shortcuts, you can use these in Hotmail too. If a cell is empty, there is no corresponding keyboard shortcut in that email program.
#
C
N
Alt+S
O
P
R
A
F
!
Shift+I
K
Shift+U
Shift+K
D
J
U
S
* then A
* then N
G then I
M
G then D
G then T
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