Fortunately or unfortunately, many of us spend hours per week using Microsoft Outlook.  It is an extremely powerful tool and is essential for more than just sending and responding to email.  There are hundreds (maybe thousands!) of keyboard shortcuts for Outlook and many work in different ways, depending on what section you are using.  As an example, on mail screens in Outlook CTRL F will forward a message.  However, if you have a contact card open, CTRL F will create a new message addressed to that contact. We have scoured many lists of Outlook shortcuts to compile the most commonly used here.  This is not a comprehensive list, but if you are interested in learning more advanced keyboard shortcuts for Outlook, just let us know!

General Shortcuts

Calendar Shortcuts

In case you missed the inspiration for this shortcuts series, check out the current issue of Inc. magazine where  a CEO describes how he will save 180 days over the course of his career (he defines his career as 40 years) simply by using keyboard shortcuts.  And, search the list of Word and Excel shortcuts to find a few time-savers there too.  You may not start out saving 780 keystrokes per day like the CEO in the article, but even if you can save 200 per day that still comes out to 22 minutes per week, and 48 full days over 40 years.  What could you do with that extra eight weeks? Next up in the shortcuts series are lists for PowerPoint and Windows.  Do you have any favorites you want to share?  And, are there any other shortcut lists you may like to see?