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[senit] Apologies for asking

Richard Walter richardwalter at ntlworld.com
Thu Jan 31 16:11:40 GMT 2008

Article: [senit] Apologies for asking

John Bergin wrote:
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> Best is a list beside him of keyboard controls
> I've found so far.
> In Outlook Express is there a keyboard control
> for "send" please?
> Thanks. I'm the nearly one-eyed man leading the blind,
> as you may gather. Sorry.
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> John
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Here is a list of Keyboard shortcuts in Outlook Express
CTRL M is send and receive
CTRL Enter is send

Richard Walter


  Outlook Express Keyboard Shortcuts

*1st key* 	*2nd key* 	*3rd key* 	  	*What it does*
ALT 	ENTER 	  	  	View properties of a selected message
ALT 	K 	  	  	Check names
ALT 	Left arrow 	  	  	Go to the previous message in the list
ALT 	Right arrow 	  	  	Go to the next message in the list
ALT 	S 	  	  	Send (post) a message
CTRL 	< 	  	  	Go to the previous message in the list
CTRL 	> 	  	  	Go to the next message in the list
CTRL 	A 	  	  	Select all messages
CTRL 	D 	  	  	Delete a mail message
CTRL 	ENTER 	  	  	Mark a message as read
CTRL 	ENTER 	  	  	Send (post) a message
CTRL 	F 	  	  	Forward a message
CTRL 	G 	  	  	Reply to all (news only)
CTRL 	I 	  	  	Go to your Inbox
CTRL 	J 	  	  	Go to next unread newsgroup/folder
CTRL 	K 	  	  	Check names
CTRL 	L 	  	  	Show/hide the folder list
CTRL 	M 	  	  	Send and receive mail
CTRL 	N 	  	  	Open or post a new message
CTRL 	O 	  	  	Open a selected message
CTRL 	P 	  	  	Print the selected message
CTRL 	Q 	  	  	Mark a message as read
CTRL 	R 	  	  	Reply to message author
CTRL 	SHIFT 	< 	  	Go to the previous message in the list
CTRL 	SHIFT 	> 	  	Go to the next message in the list
CTRL 	SHIFT 	A 	  	Mark all news messages as read
CTRL 	SHIFT 	F 	  	Find text
CTRL 	SHIFT 	M 	  	Download news for offline reading
CTRL 	SHIFT 	R 	  	Reply to all
CTRL 	SHIFT 	S 	  	Insert signature
CTRL 	SHIFT 	U 	  	Go to next unread news thread
CTRL 	U 	  	  	Go to next unread mail message
CTRL 	W 	  	  	Go to a newsgroup
DEL 	  	  	  	Delete a mail message
ENTER 	  	  	  	Open a selected message
ESC 	  	  	  	Close a message
F1 	  	  	  	Open Help topics
F3 	  	  	  	Find text
F5 	  	  	  	Refresh news messages and headers
F7 	  	  	  	Check spelling
CTRL 	T 	  	  	Mark a thread as read
Plus sign (+) 	  	  	  	Expand a news thread (show all responses)
Left arrow 	  	  	  	Collapse a news thread (hide messages)
TAB 	  	  	  	Move between the message list, folder list (if on), and 
preview pane


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