MS Outlook Express Short cut keys

Shorcut keys Compatibility

Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 Service Pack 2
This Post shows most common keyboard shortcuts for MS Outlook 2013 or higher. These shortcuts refer to the U.S. keyboard layout. Keys for other layouts might not correspond exactly to the keys on a U.S. keyboard.

Command	Keystroke
Advanced Find	Ctrl-Shift-F
Bold (Contacts notes section)	Ctrl-B
Bold (RichText or HTML mail)	Ctrl-B
Check for new mail	F9 (Outlook 2003)
Check for new mail	F5 (Outlook 2000,2002)
Close a window	Alt-F4
Close a window	Esc
Copy	Ctrl-C
Create Appointment	Ctrl-Shift-A
Create Contact	Ctrl-Shift-C
Create Flag for follow-up	Ctrl-Shift-G
Create Folder	Ctrl-Shift-E
Create Meeting Request	Ctrl-Shift-Q
Create Message	Ctrl-Shift-M
Create Note	Ctrl-Shift-N
Create Task	Ctrl-Shift-K
Create Task Request	Ctrl-Shift-U
Cut	Ctrl-X
Delete opened item	Ctrl-D
Folder List - Collapse selected folder	- (Numeric keypad)
Folder List - Expand selected folder	* (Numeric keypad)
Folder List - Open	Ctrl-Y
Forward selected mail	Ctrl-F
Go to Calendar	Ctrl-2
Go to Contacts	Ctrl-2
Go to Mail	Ctrl-1
Italics (Contacts notes section)	Ctrl-I
Italics (RichText or HTML mail)	Ctrl-I
Mark item as read	Ctrl-Q
Mark item as unread	Ctrl-U
Move down one screen	PgDn
Move to first item	Home
Move to last item	End
Move up one screen	PgUp
Create new default item	Ctrl-N
Open “Find a Contact”	F11
Open “Look In”	Alt-I
Open selected item	Ctrl-O
Open selected item	Enter
Paste	Ctrl-V
Print	Ctrl-P
Read next email	Ctrl->
Read previous email	Ctrl-<
Redo (within text field)	Ctrl-Y
Remove last semi-colon from mail addressee	Alt-K
Reply to selected message	Ctrl-R
Save	Ctrl-S
Select all items	Ctrl-A
Select to first item	Ctrl-Shift-Home
Select to last item	Ctrl-Shift-End
Send email message	Ctrl-Enter
Spell check open item	F7
Switch to Inbox	Ctrl-Shift-I
Switch to Outbox	Ctrl-Shift-O
Underline (Contacts notes section)	Ctrl-U
Underline (RichText or HTML mail)	Ctrl-U
Undo	Ctrl-Z