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Q & A Page 6
Internet Explorer
keyboard shortcuts
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I know that there are a bunch of
keyboard shortcuts for Internet Explorer, but
haven’t found a complete list. Can you
provide such a list? Anneke
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Yes, I can. A list
of the most useful Internet Explorer keyboard
shortcuts appears in Table A.
Table A: Internet Explorer keyboard shortcuts
| Keyboard shortcut |
What it does… |
| [Alt]D/[F6] |
Jumps to the Address Bar |
| [Alt][Home] |
Go to the Home page |
| [Alt]Left
Arrow |
Go back to the previous
page |
| [Alt]Right
Arrow |
Go forward to the next
page |
| [Backspace] |
Go back to the previous
page |
| [Ctrl]D |
Adds the current page to
your Favorites |
| [Ctrl]E |
Open Search bar |
[Ctrl]F
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Displays the Find On This
Page dialog box |
| [Ctrl]H |
Open History bar |
| [Ctrl]I |
Open Favorites bar |
| [Ctrl]N |
Opens a new window |
| [Ctrl]O/[Ctrl]L |
Displays the Open dialog
box |
| [Ctrl]P |
Displays the Print dialog
box |
| [Ctrl]R/[F5] |
Refreshes current page |
| [Ctrl]S |
Saves the current page |
| [Ctrl][Shift][Tab] |
Move backwards
among frames |
| [Ctrl][Tab] |
Move forwards among
frames |
| [Shift][F10] |
Displays shortcut menu
for a link |
| [F4] |
Displays the Address Bar
history |
| [F11] |
Toggles Full Screen mode |
| Page Down |
Scrolls down, one page at
a time |
| Page Up |
Scrolls up, one page at a
time |
| [Spacebar] |
Scrolls down, one page at
a time |
| [Esc] |
Stops loading page |
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If you
know of a shortcut that I've missed, let me know!
Accessing the Windows XP
Update Catalog for IT professionals
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I’ve heard that there is a
special Windows Update site for IT professionals
that will allow you to download Windows XP
updates for manual distribution over a network.
Is that correct? If so, can you tell me the
address to that site? Martin
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Yes, there is such a
site. It’s called the Windows Update Catalog
and you can access it right from within Windows
Update. To do so, simply connect to the Windows
Update site as you normally do. Then, in the left
pane, select the Personalize Windows Update
command under the Other Option heading. When you
see the Personalize You Windows Update Experience
window, select the Display The Link To The
Windows Update Catalog Under See Also check box.
As soon as you do, the Save Settings button
becomes active and you must click it.
When you do, you’ll see a new link titled
Windows Update Catalog appear underneath the See
Also heading in the left pane. This link will now
be available each time you access the Windows
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Using special characters
to create unique filenames
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I know that there are certain
rules that you must follow when naming files and
that there are certain characters that you
definitely cannot use in a filename. However, I
was wondering if there are special characters
that you can safely use in a filename? Troy
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Yes, there are! Table
A lists the special characters that you can
use in a filename. And just to be clear, Table
B lists the special characters that you
can’t use in a filename. Table A: Special characters
you can use in a filename
| Character |
Description |
| ^ |
Accent circumflex (caret) |
| & |
Ampersand |
| ' |
Apostrophe (single
quotation mark) |
| @ |
At sign |
| { |
Brace left |
| } |
Brace right |
| [ |
Bracket opening |
| ] |
Bracket closing |
| , |
Comma |
| $ |
Dollar sign |
| = |
Equal sign |
| ! |
Exclamation point |
| - |
Hyphen |
| # |
Number sign |
| ( |
Parenthesis opening |
| ) |
Parenthesis closing |
| % |
Percent sign |
| . |
Period |
| + |
Plus sign |
| ~ |
Tilde |
| _ |
Underscore |
Table B: Special characters
you can’t use in a filename
| Character |
Description |
| / |
Forward slash |
| \ |
Back slash |
| : |
Colon |
| * |
Asterisk |
| ? |
Question mark |
| < |
Less than symbol |
| > |
Greater than symbol |
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Pipe symbol |
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A MultiLink alternative
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