Outlook - being a popular email client is widely employed by individuals, for professional as well as personal usage. It is always favorable to get things done easily and in a short span of time. You might be well aware of the motley of keyboard shortcuts that you can use with Word, but do you know that same is the case with MS Outlook. You can drastically reduce fiddling with your mouse with a variety of keyboard shortcuts that are available with MS Outlook.
Read on to explore all the keyboard shortcuts of MS Outlook that will give some rest to your wrist!!
1) Switching Between Outlook Items
- Ctrl+1 :- For mails
- Ctrl+2 :- For Calendar
- Ctrl+3 :- For Contacts
- Ctrl+4 :- For Tasks
- Ctrl+5 :- For Notes
- Ctrl+6 :- For Folder-list
- Ctrl+7 :- For Shortcuts
- Ctrl+8 :- For Journal
2) Create New Meeting Quickly
- Ctrl+Shift+Q

3) Move A Mail To A New Location
- Ctrl+ Shift + V

4) To Reply Selected Mail
- Ctrl+ R

5) For Creating A New Mail
- Ctrl+ N

7) To Move To The End Of Message List
- Ctrl + End

8) To Open the Address Book with the To field selected
- Alt + .

9) To Search For A Specific Mail
- Press F3 or
- Ctrl + E

10) To Do A Spell Check In Mails
- Press F7

11) Open A New Journal Entry For A Selected Item
- Ctrl + J

12) To Forward A Received Mail
- Ctrl + F

13) To Open The File Menu
- Alt + F

14) To Open Home Menu
- Alt + H

15) To Send/Receive All Folders
- Alt + S

16) To Open Folder Menu
- Alt + O

17) To Open View Menu
- Alt + V

18) For Opening The Address Book
- Ctrl + Shift + B

19) For Creating A New Contact
- Ctrl + Shift +C

20) For Opening A New Folder
- Ctrl + Shift + E

21) For Opening Advanced Find Window
- Ctrl + Shift + F

22) To Select A Mail To Follow-Up Later On
- Ctrl + Shift +G

23) For Creating A New Journal Entry
- Ctrl + Shift + J

24) For Creating A New Task
- Ctrl + Shift + K

25) For Creating A New Distribution List
- Ctrl + Shift + L

26) For creating A New Note
- Ctrl + Shift + N

27) For Opening Outbox Folder
- Ctrl + Shift + O

28) For Opening A New Discussion
- Ctrl + Shift + S

29) For Copying A Folder
- Ctrl + Shift + Y

30) Define Send/Receive Groups
- Ctrl + alt + S

We have brought forth some of the keyboard shortcuts that the users are mostly unaware of. But in order to learn other commonly used shortcuts, you can refer to the shortcut list provided by Microsoft for Outlook. We believe that all the above mentioned shortcuts will be really helpful for you.