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General discussion

keyboard shortcut key for

Jan 23, 2005 12:05AM PST

Dell Dimension 2400 desktop
Intel Pentium 2.19 GHz
512 RAM Windows XP Home SP1
80G drive Ad-Aware SE presonal
Spy Bot Search and Destroy 1.3
Zone Alarm(free version)
AVG 7.0 Anti Virus

Is there a key or keys for going back in I.E. instead of clicking the back button?

Thank you.
Bev

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From IE Help. . .
Jan 23, 2005 12:14AM PST

I looked for Shortcut. . .

Move forward through the items on a Web page, the Address bar, and the Links bar. TAB
Move back through the items on a Web page, the Address bar, and the Links bar. SHIFT+TAB
Go to your Home page. ALT+HOME
Go to the next page. ALT+RIGHT ARROW
Go to the previous page. ALT+LEFT ARROW or BACKSPACE
Display a shortcut menu for a link. SHIFT+F10
Move forward between frames. CTRL+TAB or F6
Move back between frames. SHIFT+CTRL+TAB
Scroll toward the beginning of a document. UP ARROW
Scroll toward the end of a document. DOWN ARROW
Scroll toward the beginning of a document in larger increments. PAGE UP
Scroll toward the end of a document in larger increments. PAGE DOWN
Move to the beginning of a document. HOME
Move to the end of a document. END
Find on this page. CTRL+F
Refresh the current Web page. F5 or CTRL+R
Refresh the current Web page, even if the time stamp for the Web version and your locally stored version are the same. CTRL+F5
Stop downloading a page. ESC
Go to a new location. CTRL+O or CTRL+L
Open a new window. CTRL+N
Close the current window. CTRL+W
Save the current page. CTRL+S
Print the current page or active frame. CTRL+P
Activate a selected link. ENTER
Open the Search bar. CTRL+E
Open the Favorites bar. CTRL+I
Open the History bar. CTRL+H
In the History or Favorites bars, open multiple folders.

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re
Jan 23, 2005 6:28AM PST

Thank you I looked in help also and found it said shift+tab but it does not seem to word for me. Oh well thanks anyway>
Bev

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Try..
Jan 24, 2005 10:28AM PST

using "Alt + Left Arrow"

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Take a look here...
Jan 23, 2005 12:24AM PST

in "internet explorer" click on help\contents and index\ type in "shortcut keys" click "display" and in the right pane click on the + sign beside "viewing and exploring web pages" you should find it in the list there.