140 Shortcuts for Microsoft Outlook

Jump to: The following table shows frequently used shortcuts in Outlook 2016 for Mac., Work in windows and dialogs, Send and receive mail, Use Search, Use the Calendar, Work with people and contacts, Manage tasks, Use notes, Edit and format text, Flag messages, contacts, and tasks for follow up

1. The following table shows frequently used shortcuts in Outlook 2016 for Mac.

+S

Save an item

+P

Print an item

+Z

Undo the last action

+Y

Redo the last action

+M

Minimize the active window

+Shift+N

Create a new folder in the navigation pane

+N

Create new email (in Mail view)

+\ (Backslash)

Hide the reading pane or show it on the right

+Shift+\ (Backslash)

Hide the reading pane or show it below

+Shift+M

Move the selected item to a different folder

+Shift+C

Copy the selected item to a different folder

+A

Select all items in the item list, if the item list is the active pane

+Option+R

Minimize or expand the ribbon

+H

Hide Outlook

+Q

Quit Outlook

Fn+Fn

Start dictation

+Ctrl+" " (Spacebar)

Insert emoji

2. Work in windows and dialogs

+1

Go to Mail view

+2

Go to Calendar view

+3

Go to Contacts view

+4

Go to Tasks view

+5

Go to Notes view

+7

Open the Sync Status window or make it the active window

+8

Open the Sync Errors or make it the active window

+0 (Zero)

Open the Contacts Search window

+, (Comma)

Open the Outlook Preferences dialog box

+~ (Tilde)

Cycle forward through open windows

+Shift+~ (Tilde)

Cycle back through open windows

+W

Close the active window

+O

Open the selected item

Tab

Move forward through controls in a window

Shift+Tab

Move back through controls in a window

3. Send and receive mail

+N

Create a new message

+Return

Send the open message

+K

Send all messages in the Outbox and receive all incoming messages

+Shift+K

Send all the messages in the Outbox

+S

Save the open message and store it in the Drafts folder

+E

Add an attachment to the open message

+: (Colon)

Open the Spelling and Grammar dialog box

+Ctrl+C

Check recipient names in the open messages

+R

Reply to the sender of the message or, if the message is from a mailing list, reply to the mailing list

+Shift+R

Reply to all

+J

Forward the message

+O

Open the selected message in a separate window

+Option+' (Apostrophe)

Clear the flag for the selected message

+Shift+J

Mark the selected message as junk mail

+Shift+Option+J

Mark the selected message as not junk mail

Ctrl+ (Opening Bracket)

Display the previous message

Shift+Ctrl+ (Closing Bracket)

Display the next message

Ctrl+ (Opening Bracket)

Navigate to the previous pane in the Mail view

Shift+Ctrl+ (Closing Bracket)

Navigate to the next pane in the Mail view

+Shift+M

Move the selected message to a folder

+- (Hyphen)

Decrease the display size of text in an open message or in the reading pane

++ (Plus Sign)

Increase the display size of text in an open message or in the reading pane

" " (Spacebar)

Scroll down to the next screen of text or, if you are at the end of a message, display the next message

Shift+" " (Spacebar)

Scroll up to the previous screen of text or, if you are at the beginning of a message, display the previous message

Delete

Delete the selected message

Shift+Delete

Permanently delete the selected message

+Delete

Delete the current message, and, if the message window is open, close it

+T

Mark selected messages as read

+Shift+T

Mark selected messages as unread

+Option+T

Mark all messages in a folder as read

4. Use Search

+Option+F

Search current folder

+Shift+F

Do an advanced search in Outlook (add Item Contains filter for searching)

+F

Find text within an item

+G

Find the next instance of the text you searched for in an item

+Shift+G

Find the previous instance of the text you searched for in an item

5. Use the Calendar

+2

Open the Calendar window

+N

Create a new appointment

+O

Open the selected calendar event

Delete

Delete the calendar event

+T

Switch the view to include today

+Arrow Left

In Day view, move to the previous day. In Week and Work Week views, move to the previous week. In Month view, move to the previous month.

+Arrow Right

In Day view, move to the next day. In Week and Work Week views, move to the next week. In Month view, move to the next month.

Shift+Ctrl+ (Opening Bracket)

Navigate to the previous pane in the Calendar view

Shift+Ctrl+ (Closing Bracket)

Navigate to the next pane in the Calendar view

6. Work with people and contacts

+N

Create a new contact

+O

Open the selected contact

Delete

Delete the contact

Ctrl+ (Opening Bracket)

Close the current open contact and open the previous contact

Ctrl+ (Closing Bracket)

Close the current open contact and open the next contact

Shift+Ctrl+ (Opening Bracket)

Navigate to the previous pane in the People view

Shift+Ctrl+ (Closing Bracket)

Navigate to the next pane in the People view

7. Manage tasks

+4

Move to the Task window

+N

Create a new task

+O

Open the selected task

Delete

Delete the task

Ctrl+ (Opening Bracket)

Close the current open task and open the previous task in the Tasks list

Ctrl+ (Closing Bracket)

Close the current open task and open the next task in the Tasks list

Shift+Ctrl+ (Opening Bracket)

Navigate to the previous pane in the Tasks view

Shift+Ctrl+ (Closing Bracket)

Navigate to the next pane in the Tasks view

8. Use notes

+5

Move to the Notes window

+N

Create a new note

+O

Open the selected note

Delete

Delete the note

Ctrl+ (Opening Bracket)

Close the current open note and open the previous note in the Notes list

Ctrl+ (Closing Bracket)

Close the current open note and open the next note in the Notes list

Shift+Ctrl+ (Opening Bracket)

Navigate to the previous pane in the Notes view

Shift+Ctrl+ (Closing Bracket)

Navigate to the next pane in the Notes view

+J

Send a note as an email

+Ctrl+J

Send a note as an HTML attachment to an email. First place the focus on the note in the list of notes.

9. Edit and format text

+X

Cut the selected text to the clipboard

+C

Copy a selection to the clipboard

+V

Paste a selection from the clipboard

+Shift+Option+V

Paste a selection from the clipboard and match the destination style

+B

Make the selected text bold

+I

Make the selected text italic

+U

Underline the selected text

+Shift+X

Strike through the selected text

+Ctrl+K

Insert a hyperlink

Arrow Left

Move the cursor left one character

Arrow Right

Move the cursor right one character

Arrow Up

Move the cursor up one line

Arrow Down

Move the cursor down one line

Option+Arrow Up

Move the cursor to the beginning of the current paragraph

Option+Arrow Down

Move the cursor to the end of the current paragraph

Option+Arrow Left

Move the cursor to the beginning of the current word

Option+Arrow Right

Move the cursor to the end of the current word

Forward Delete+ { (Opening Brace)

Decrease indent

Forward Delete+ } (Closing Brace)

Increase indent

Delete

Delete the character to the left of the cursor, or delete the selected text

Forward Delete or if your keyboard doesn't have a Forward Delete key, use FN+Delete

Delete the character to the right side of the cursor, or delete the selected text

Tab

Insert a tab stop

+Arrow Left

Move the cursor to the beginning of the line

+Arrow Right

Move the cursor to the end of the line

+Arrow Up

Move the cursor to the top of the message body

+Arrow Down

Move the cursor to the bottom of the message body

+Home

Move the cursor to the beginning of the selected text

+End

Move the cursor to the end of the selected text

Page up

Scroll up

Page down

Scroll down

10. Flag messages, contacts, and tasks for follow up

Ctrl+1

Flag the selected item for follow up, with Today as Due Date

Ctrl+2

Flag the selected item for follow up, with Tomorrow as Due Date

Ctrl+3

Flag the selected item for follow up, with This Week as Due Date

Ctrl+4

Flag the selected item for follow up, with Next Week as Due Date

Ctrl+5

Flag the selected item for follow up, with No Due Date

Ctrl+6

Flag the selected item for follow up, and add a custom Due Date

Ctrl+= (Equal Sign)

Flag the selected item for follow up, and add a reminder

Ctrl+0 (Zero)

Mark the selected item as Complete

+Option+' (Apostrophe)

Clear the selected item's follow-up flag

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Microsoft Outlook Shortcuts

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