Mail app Keyboard Shortcuts in Windows 8.1

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Keyboard Shortcuts for Mail app in Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1

Synopsis

This tutorial will show you a list of all keyboard shortcuts for the modern Mail app in Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1.

Keyboard Shortcuts for Mail app in Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1​

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This tutorial will show you a list of all keyboard shortcuts for the modern Mail app in Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1.

See also: Keyboard shortcuts for the Mail app - Microsoft Windows

Keyboard Shortcut	Description of Action
Alt + Ctrl + Shift + 1	Inverted exclamation mark
Alt + Ctrl + Shift + /	Inverted question mark
Alt + B	Put focus on the bcc button
Alt + C	Put focus on the cc button Accept
Alt + D	Decline
Alt + I	Insert attachment
Alt + S	Send mail
Alt + T	Put focus on the To button Tentative
Alt + V	Open the invitation in Calendar
Ctrl + Spacebar	Clear formatting
Ctrl + [	Decrease font size one point
Ctrl + ]	Increase font size one point
Ctrl + Shift + .	Increase font size
Ctrl + Shift + ;	Diaeresis accent
Ctrl + '	Acute accent
Ctrl + ,	Cedilla accent
Ctrl + Shift + ,	Decrease font size
Ctrl + `	Grave accent
Ctrl + Shift + `	Tilde accent
Ctrl + /	Slash accent
Ctrl + Shift + 2	Ring accent
Ctrl + Shift + 6	Circumflex accent
Ctrl + Shift + 7	Ligature accent
Ctrl + A	Select all messages
Ctrl + Shift + A	Show all messages
Ctrl + B	Bold
Ctrl + C	Copy
Ctrl + E	- Center (When you're writing an email) - Search
Ctrl + Shift + E	Show Folder options
Ctrl + F	Forward
Ctrl + Shift + F	Select a font
Ctrl + I	Italicize
Ctrl + J	Toggle between marking a message as junk or not junk
Ctrl + K	Add a link
Ctrl + L	Indent left
Ctrl + Shift + L	Bullets
Ctrl + M	- Move item to a different folder - Indent when text is selected
Ctrl + Shift + M	Outdent
Ctrl + N	New Message
Ctrl + O	Opens message in a new window
Ctrl + F	Forward
Ctrl + Q	Mark as read
Ctrl + R	- Reply - Indent right (When you're writing an email)
Ctrl + Shift + R	Reply all
Ctrl + S	Save draft
Ctrl + Alt + S	Gives you an options to delete one or all messages from a particular sender
Ctrl + Shift + S	Sweep
Ctrl + U	- Mark as unread - Underline text (When you're writing an email)
Ctrl + Shift + U	Show only unread messages
Ctrl + V	Paste
Ctrl + Y	Redo
Ctrl + Z	Undo
F4	Redo
F5	Sync
F6	When writing an email, shifts focus to the send button.
Insert	Toggle between Flag and Remove flag for messages
Tab or Shift+Tab	Indent/outdent when text is selected or when focus is in a list
Shift+Tab	When focus is not in a list, cycle through tabs in reverse order.

That's it,
Shawn

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