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