Saturday, September 3, 2016

Keyboard shortcuts in Mail and Calendar apps for Windows 10

You can use keyboard shortcuts in Mail and Calendar apps for Windows 10 to do many common tasks, such as compose a new email message, reply to a meeting invitation, and so on. The keyboard shortcuts are especially helpful if you use assistive technologies.
A quick reference of the most frequently used shortcuts appears first.

Quick reference - Frequently used shortcuts

Frequent navigation shortcuts

To do this
Press
Switch to Inbox
Ctrl + Shift + L
Switch to Calendar
Ctrl + 2
Switch to Mail
Ctrl + 1
Move to a different region
F6
Search
Ctrl + E
Zoom in
Ctrl + + (Ctrl and plus sign)
Zoom out
Ctrl + - (Ctrl and minus sign)

Frequent Mail shortcuts

To do this
Press
Reply to a message
Ctrl + R
Create a message
Ctrl + N
Add an attachment
Alt + 1
Send a message
Alt + S
Delete a message or conversation
Ctrl + D

Frequent Calendar shortcuts

To do this
Press
Create an appointment
Ctrl+N
Delete an appointment
Ctrl+D
Accept a meeting invitation
Alt+C
Decline a meeting invitation
Alt+D
Show my calendar in Day view
Ctrl+Alt+1
Show my calendar in Work Week view
Ctrl+Alt+2

All shortcuts, Mail app in Windows 10

To do this
Press
Toggle the important
property on a conversation
CTRL+SHIFT+G
Delete a conversation
CTRL+D
Delete a conversation
DEL
Archive a conversation
BACKSPACE
Mark as read
CTRL+Q
Mark as unread
CTRL+U
Reply to current mail
CTRL+R
Reply all
CTRL+SHIFT+R
Forward current mail
CTRL+F
Search
CTRL+E
Search
F3
Accept Meeting Invitation
Alt+C
Decline Meeting Invitation
Alt+D
Tentative Meeting Invitation
Alt+N
Create a new mail
CTRL+N
Create a new mail
CTRL+SHIFT+M
Move to View
CTRL+SHIFT+V
Switch to calendar
CTRL+2
Switch to Inbox
CTRL+SHIFT+I
Switch to Outbox
CTRL+SHIFT+O
Add Attachment
ALT+I
Account Manual Sync
CTRL+M
Account Manual Sync
F9
Zoom in
CTRL++
Zoom out
CTRL+-
Send mail
ALT+S
Send mail
Ctrl + Enter
Move between regions
F6
Toggle Caret Browsing
F7



All shortcuts, Calendar app in Windows 10

To do this
Press
Switch to Mail
CTRL+1
Remove appointments
or meetings
CTRL+D
Add recurrence
CTRL+G
Reply
CTRL+R
Reply all
CTRL+SHIFT+R
Save changes on a 
calendar item
CTRL+S
Save changes on a 
calendar item
ALT+S
Forward calendar item
CTRL+F
New Appointment
CTRL+N
Today
HOME
Show Day view
CTRL+ALT+1
Show Work Week view
CTRL+ALT+2
Show Week view
CTRL+ALT+3
Show Month view
CTRL+ALT+4