Navigating in the Outlook Calendar


Like much of Outlook, the Calendar is largely graphical. But you can work in it effectively if you know the right keyboard shortcuts for navigation. The following sections present the shortcuts for general navigation in the Calendar, for navigating in Day view, Week view, and Month view, and for navigating in the Date Navigator.

Shortcuts for General Navigation in the Calendar

Select the next appointment

[Tab]

Select the previous appointment

[Shift]-[Tab]

Move among the Calendar, the TaskPad, and the Folder List

[F6], [Ctrl]-[Tab]

Display one to nine days, or view ten days

[Alt]-[1] to [Alt]-[9], [Alt]-[0]

Press [Alt] and the number of days you want to display. Press [Alt] - [0] (zero) for ten days.

Switch to Week view

[Alt]-[-]

Switch to Month view

[Alt]-[=]

Go to the previous day

[ ]

Go to the next day

[ ]

Go to the same day in the previous week

[Alt]-[ ]

Go to the same day in the next week

[Alt]-[ ]

Shortcuts for Navigating in Day View

Select the time that begins the work day

[Home]

This shortcut works only in Day view or Work Week view. In Week view, pressing

[Home] selects the first day in the week.

You can specify the starting and ending times of the work day, and the days of the work week, in the Calendar Options dialog box. To display the Calendar Options dialog box, choose Tools Options, and then click the Calendar Options button on the Preferences tab of the Options dialog box.

Select the time that ends the work day

[End]

Go up one screenful

[PageUp]

Go down one screenful

[PageDown]

Select the previous block of time

[ ]

Select the next block of time

[ ]

Reduce the selected block of time, or select earlier blocks

[Shift]-[ ]

Increase the selected block of time, or reduce the existing selection

[Shift]-[ ]

Move the appointment to the same day in the previous week

[Alt]-[ ]

Move the appointment to the same day in the next week

[Alt]-[ ]

Shortcuts for Navigating in Week View

Go to the first day of the week

[Home]

Go to the last day of the week

[End]

Go to the same day of the week in the previous week

[PageUp]

Go to the same day of the week in the next week

[PageDown]

Move the appointment to an earlier time

[Alt]-[ ]

Move the appointment to a later time

[Alt]-[ ]

Shortcuts for Navigating in Month View

You can use the following shortcuts to navigate in Month view in the Outlook Calendar. You ll notice that the Month view shortcuts have some overlap with Week view shortcuts.

Go to the first day of the week

[Home]

Press this shortcut to move the selection to the first day of the active week in the month. For example, if Wednesday the 21st is selected, pressing this shortcut moves the selection to Monday the 19th.

Go to the last day of the week

[End]

Press this shortcut to move the selection to the last day of the active week in the month.

Go to the same day of the week five weeks earlier

[PageUp]

Go to the same day of the week five weeks later

[PageDown]

Shortcuts for Navigating in Date Navigator

Go to the first day of the current week

[Alt]-[Home]

Go to the last day of the current week

[Alt]-[End]

Go to the same day in the previous week

[Alt]-[ ]

Go to the same day in the next week

[Alt]-[ ]

Go to the first day of the month

[Alt]-[PageUp]

Go to the last day of the month

[Alt]-[PageDown]




Windows XP and Office 2003 Keyboard Shortcuts
Windows XP and Office 2003 Keyboard Shortcuts
ISBN: 0072255005
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 117

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