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Thunderbird Cheat Sheet: Shortcuts to use in Mozilla Thunderbird
Here are the most important shortcuts that will make your email life easier when you are in Mozilla Thunderbird. Bookmark this page to come back and check a shortcut when you forget it, or print the list and have it on your desk until you become familiar with Thunderbird shortcuts.
| Main Shortcuts |
| Get New Messages for All Accounts = Ctrl + Shift + T |
| Get New Messages for Current Account = Ctrl + T |
| Reply to All Recipients of Message = Ctrl + Shift + R |
| Reply to Sender of Message = Ctrl + R |
| Save Message as File = Ctrl + S |
| Send Message Later = Ctrl + Shift + Enter |
| Send Message Now = Ctrl + Enter |
| Stop = Esc |
| Toggle Message Pane = F8 |
| Rename current folder = F2 |
| Print = Ctrl + P |
| Copy = Ctrl + C |
| Cut = Ctrl + X |
| Delete = Del |
| Paste = Ctrl + V |
| Redo = Ctrl + Y |
| Select All = Ctrl + A |
| Text Size Decrease = Ctrl + - |
| Text Size Increase = Ctrl + + |
| Text Size Default = Ctrl + 0 |
| Undo = Ctrl + z |
| Message Editing |
| New Message = Ctrl + N or Ctrl + M |
| View current email’s source = Ctrl + U |
| Edit as New = Ctrl + E |
| Forward Message = Ctrl + L |
| Check spelling = Ctrl + K |
| Label: None = 0 |
| Label: Important = 1 |
| Label: Work = 2 |
| Label: Personal = 3 |
| Label: ToDo = 4 |
| Label: Later = 5 |
| Mark All Read = Ctrl + Shift + C |
| Mark All Read by Date = C |
| Mark as Junk = J |
| Mark as Not Junk = Shift + J |
| Mark Message as Read/Unread = M |
| Mark Thread as Read = R |
| Toggles the selected email’s “Flag” status = i |
| Select all emails in thread = Ctrl + Shift + A |
| Group-sort = G |
| Navigation |
| Close Window = Ctrl + W |
| Collapse All Threads = \ |
| Expand All Threads = * |
| Go to Next Message = F |
| Go to Next Unread Message = N |
| Go to Next Unread Thread = T |
| Go to Previous Message = B |
| Go to Previous Unread Thread = P |
| Move to Next Mail Pane = F6 |
| Open Message in New Window = Ctrl + O |
| Search |
| Find Again = F3 |
| Find Link As You Type = ‘ |
| Find Previous = Shift + F3 |
| Find Text in This Message = Ctrl + F |
| Search Bar = Ctrl + K |
| Search Messages = Ctrl + Shift + F |
| Address Book Shortcuts |
| Show the Address Book (when in the email side of Thunderbird) = Ctrl + 2 |
| Show Thunderbird (when in Address Book) = Ctrl + 1 |
| New Address Book Card = Ctrl + N |
| Opens current contact’s properties = Ctrl + I |
| Find a contact in the Address Book = Ctrl + Shift + F |
| Mouse Shortcuts |
| Decrease Text Size = Ctrl + Scroll Up |
| Increase Text Size = Ctrl + Scroll Down |
| New Plain Text Message = Shift + Create a New Message |
| Plain Text Reply = Shift + Reply |
| Plain Text Reply All = Shift + Reply All |
| Plain Text Forward = Shift + Forward |
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