AOL/AIM Mail Product Insider Blog

Hi,

There are many, many new keyboard short cuts in the Web Suite that are handy, but there are 5 that every Web Suite user should know about.  These will not only help you save calories, but also help your index finger and mouse last longer.  :-)  Seriously, they help you read, compose, and send email faster, which are the repetitive things we do often.

Notes: Your mileage may vary depending on which browser you use; these may work in other browsers, but they are intended for Internet Explorer 6/7 and Firefox.  Mac users, should substitute the Apple key for the Ctrl key below. 

To Write an email quicker while in the Inbox or any folder:
   Just press Alt-W, which is short for Write email.  (while holding down the Alt key, press the letter W)

To Reply to an email quicker while reading an email:
   Just press the R key by itself (short for Reply).  Guess what it is to reply to All?  The A key of course--see how logical we made it?

To Forward an email quicker while reading it:
   Just press the F key by itself (short for Forward of course).

To mark an email as New:
   Just press the N key by itself (remember, emails marked “Keep as New” are never auto-deleted in AOL-branded accounts; AIM-branded accounts keep emails forever without any action).

And my favorite, to Send the email quicker:
   Press Ctrl-Enter (while holding down the Ctrl key, press the Enter key)

There are another 50+ short cuts available in the Web Suite.  If you want to see the full list of them, send me an email (websuiteblog at aol dot com).  The list is too long to post here.

After you try these keyboard short cuts for a few days, you’ll love them.  Enjoy managing your emails a bit faster.

Tae
“The AOL Mail Blog Guy”

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• #103 Comment from deshannonann
  4/3/08 4:19 PM | Permalink

  Tae,
  
  What if I used to see the "show message status" when I selected a sent email, but now it's not showing up. How can I find if a message is unread?
• #102 Comment from sweetest1600
  11/30/07 9:39 AM | Permalink

  how come when I enter the number 4 on my aol mail search contacts screen some of my contacts from the "m" or "l" section comes up ?  For example:  i put in every single letter a to z to clean up and organize my e mail address contacts and the just for the heck of it checked 1 thru 0 and under number 4 and say under number 7 suddenly contacts of letters "m" or say "l" showed up ?
  SOMEONE PLEASE EMAIL ME BACK IF YOU KNOW THE ANSWER WHY AT "SWEETEST1600@aol.com"    thanks very much ??????? !!!!!!!!!!!!
• #101 Comment from tarquini0
  11/30/07 9:14 AM | Permalink

  How do you make a hyperlink to my email and to other webpages????
  Also how do you save you mail to your computer???? My available space on AOL is getting full.
  Please email me at Tarquini0@aol.com. Not real sure how to find your answer otherwise.
  Thanks Margaret
• #100 Comment from utwogirl
  10/22/07 8:56 PM | Permalink

  I cannot stand this new mail! I can't make my emails look nice, colors pics etc., I cannot change the font in the signature, but the worst is that I cannot COPY and PASTE!!!!!!!!! I want the old one back now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• #99 Comment from dgarrison722
  10/9/07 11:03 AM | Permalink

  I am unable to change font in e-mail, or add a background.  I can not copy and paste, e-mail is all messed up, there are no ads running in my chat room or in my mail either.  HELP!!!