Keyboard shortcuts to navigate between folders in tree view
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Keyboard shortcuts to navigate between folders in tree view
In Office 2010, if you were in your Inbox viewing an email, you could use the keyboard to navigate to different folders, such as Sent Items or Drafts, by pressing shift + tab to highlight the tree view on the left, typing the first letter(s) of the folder and pressing enter. This does not work for me in Outlook 2016. Shift + tab is not taking me to the tree view. I have to manually click into the tree. Is there another keyboard shortcut that can be used?
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JMT
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Re: Keyboard shortcuts to navigate between folders in tree v
Ctrl+Shift+Tab should work too.
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Hans
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Re: Keyboard shortcuts to navigate between folders in tree v
Thank you.
Shift + F6 is a bit of a stretch, but ctrl + shift + tab works.
Shift + F6 is a bit of a stretch, but ctrl + shift + tab works.
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JMT
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Re: Keyboard shortcuts to navigate between folders in tree v
I have a work laptop and a personal laptop both running Outlook 2016. On the work laptop, shift + tab gets me to the tree view. On my personal laptop, I must type ctrl + shift + tab. How can I get the setting on the work laptop to work on the personal laptop (i.e., so that I do not have to hold down ctrl)?
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Re: Keyboard shortcuts to navigate between folders in tree v
It probably depends on where the focus is when you press Ctrl+Tab. You could try pressing Ctrl+Tab several times on your personal laptop. Does the focus shift to the folder tree eventually?
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Hans
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Re: Keyboard shortcuts to navigate between folders in tree v
It does, but what I am looking for is a way to shift to the folder tree without pressing ctrl. On my work laptop, shift+tab or just tab gets it there. On my home laptop, shift+tab or tab circles around a different set of targets and never gets to the folder tree. To get to the folder tree on my personal laptop, I need to press ctrl.
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Re: Keyboard shortcuts to navigate between folders in tree v
I'm afraid I have no explanation or solution.
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Hans
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Re: Keyboard shortcuts to navigate between folders in tree v
Perhaps there is a function somewhere that toggles the ctrl key on or off in Outlook Professional Plus 2016.
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