New Microsoft operating system Windows 8 comes with several pre-installed Modern apps, including a Mail client that’s supposed to make any third-party mail software almost useless.
Keyboard shortcuts are combinations of two or more keys that you can use to perform a task that would typically require a mouse or other pointing device. Keyboard shortcuts can make it easier to work with your PC, saving you time and effort as you work with Windows and other apps.
Windows 8 Mail app keyboard shortcuts:
- Ctrl + R = Reply
- Ctrl + Shift + R = Reply all
- Ctrl + F = Forward
- Ctrl + Shift + F = Hide or show the Folder pane
- Ctrl + Shift + A = Hide or show the Accounts pane
- Ctrl + U = Mark as unread
- Ctrl + Q = Mark as read
- Ctrl + A = Select all messages
- Ctrl + N = New Message
- F5 – Sync
- Alt + B = Put focus on the bcc button
- Alt + C = Put focus on the cc button/Accept
- Alt + D = Decline
- Alt + S = Send mail
- Alt + T = Put focus on the To button
- Alt + V = Open the invitation in Calendar
- Ctrl + Enter = Send mail
- Ctll + Shift + F = Select a font
- Ctrl + Spacebar = Clear formatting
- Ctrl + Y = Redo
- F4 = Redo
- Ctrl + [ = Increase font size one point
- Ctrl + ] = Decrease font size one point
- Ctrl + Shift + , = Decrease font size
- Ctrl + Shift + . = Increase font size
- Ctrl + K = Add a link
- Ctrl + E = Center
- Ctrl + L = Left
- Ctrl + R = Right
- Ctrl + Shift + L = Bullets
- Ctrl + M = Indent
- Ctrl + Shift + M = Outdent
- Tab or Shift + Tab = Indent/outdent when text is selected or when focus is in a list
- Ctrl + ‘ = Acute accent
- Ctrl + , = Cedilla accent
- Ctrl + Shift + 6 = Circumflex accent
- Ctrl + Shift + ; = Diaeresis accent
- Ctrl + ` = Grave accent
- Ctrl + Shift + 7 = Ligature accent
- Ctrl + Shift + 2 = Ring accent
- Ctrl + / = Slash accent
- Ctrl + Shift + ` = Tilde accent
- Alt + Ctrl + Shift + 1 = Inverted exclamation mark
- Alt + Ctrl + Shift + / = Inverted question mark