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Commonly used keyboard shortcuts for mail and calendar (Macintosh)
You can save time and effort by using some common keyboard shortcuts in the mail and calendar applications.

Remember that mail messages are IBM Lotus Notes documents and the calendar is a view, so for a more extensive list of shortcuts you can use in mail and calendar, refer to the keyboard shortcut tables for documents or views.

Note: In any form, view, page, or document there could be several embedded elements (the date picker in the calendar is an example of an embedded element). You can navigate to an embedded element, give focus within the embedded element, and then remove the focus to continue navigating through the form, view, page, or document. When focus is in an embedded element, the thin black frame around it disappears. When focus is removed from an embedded element, the thin black frame reappears.


Mail and calendar shortcuts
ShortcutDescription
Alt+Down ArrowOpen date picker, time picker, and time zone picker in new calendar entry form
Alt+Up ArrowClose date picker, time picker, and time zone picker in new calendar entry form and save new selection
Arrow KeysMove through embedded date picker
Command+EEdit document
Command+MCreate new mail message
Command+Page DownMove to next day, week, or month in calendar view
Command+Page DownMove to selected month and day of following year in embedded date picker
Command+Page UpMove to previous day, week, or month in calendar view
Command+Page UpMove to selected month and day of previous year in embedded date picker
Command+SSave current document
Del or Option+DeleteDelete selected mail message (place mail message in Trash); delete calendar entry (permanently deletes entry)
DeleteOpen previous document in current view or folder while still in current open document
EscClose date picker, time picker, and time zone picker in new calendar entry form without changing selection
EscExit embedded date picker
Esc or Command+WClose current document
F6Move to next pane or frame
Focus cursor next to group name in To, cc, or bcc field, then press F9Expand a contact list group in the To, cc, or bcc field of a mail message (displays each member of the group)
F9Refresh mail or calendar views
HomeMove to current day in embedded date picker
Page DownMove to next month in embedded date picker
Page UpMove to previous month in embedded date picker
ReturnClose date picker, time picker, and time zone picker and activate selection in new calendar entry form and save new selection
ReturnClose document and open next document
ReturnOpen selected document or view
Shift+Command+ReturnSend mail message and open new mail message in edit mode
Shift+Del or Shift+Option+DeleteDelete selected mail message permanently
Shift+EscClose and save current document (except for mail message) without opening the dialog box
Shift+EscSend mail message, close, and save copy
Shift+F6Move to previous pane or frame
Shift+TabMove to previous unread document
SpacebarGive focus to embedded date picker
TabMove to next unread document in view

Note: If you have enabled the Use Tab to navigate to Read-Only Documents preference, Tab moves to next unread document until the last unread document is selected. Then it moves to the next navigable object in the next frame. When a document is open in read-mode, Tab navigates to any embedded object such as URLs, application links, and attachments.

Related topics
Mail
Calendar and to do list
Keyboard shortcuts for the Macintosh
Accessibility features for Notes