Only a few things could increase your work speed more than learning simple shortcuts in your favorite application(s). Adopt these eM Client shortcuts to your workflow, become a keyboard virtuoso and never look back.
F5 – Send and Receive, Refresh
Remember this one so you don’t have to manually click the Refresh button again. F5 will instantly refresh your mailboxes and send and receive messages. You can also refresh Calendar and Contacts with this shortcut.
Ctrl + R – Reply email
Instead of having to click the reply button for every email you wish to reply, you can just use the Ctrl + R shortcut that will instantly open a message editor to create a reply to selected email.
Ctrl + F – Forward email
To make the task delegation process faster, use Ctrl + F to forward emails to other relevant recipients. If you wish to forward an email as an attachment (.eml file), press the Ctrl + Alt + F shortcut.
Ctrl + Z - Undo
This is a lovely universal shortcut that takes back various actions and will redeem your small mistakes, such as falsely deleted emails. You can also use it to reverse unwanted text modifications without having to manually take back your text changes.
Ctrl + U – Mark as Unread
Mark a message as unread if you wish to get back to it later. You can also use a Snooze email feature in order to move an incoming email out of your inbox for a selected period of time, only to return it there later, as a new message.
If you want to perform the opposite action, use Ctrl + Q – Mark as Read
Ctrl + A – Select all
If you wish to select all items in a folder, for example to easily move them to another folder, use Ctrl + A and all the items (emails) will be highlighted. You can also use this shortcut to highlight text in message windows.
To swiftly delete all older conversations when replying or forwarding a longer email, for instance, simply use a combination of Ctrl + A, that will highlight all the text, and press Delete afterwards.
Ctrl + J – Move to Spam
There are two slower ways to move emails to spam (going via Menu > Message > Move to Junk or via the right-click). Or there’s the Ctrl + J shortcut.
Insert – Follow up (flags a message)
Do you mark your important emails in eM Client with a red flag too? So do we. Whether you use this approach intuitively or as a part of your personal Inbox Zero policy, you can just click Insert on your keyboard instead of wasting time with mouse or touchpad.
Tab (space) – Go to Next Section
When viewing a longer email, both in message preview and message window, use Tab (space key) instead of clicking/pressing arrows to scroll down the message.
Shift + Delete - Delete Permanently
Save time by deleting unwanted messages and items right away, without putting them to Trash first (and having to empty it later). Be only careful not to permanently delete a wrong message.
Other useful eM Client shortcuts
F1 - Help
Ctrl + N - Create new Mail / Event / Task / Contact. Depends on the opened (selected) section.
Ctrl + P – Print
Ctrl + S - Save As
Ctrl + A - Select All
Ctrl + Shift + F - Find
Ctrl + Shift + V - Move to Folder
Ctrl + Shift + C - Copy to Folder
Ctrl + < - Previous Message
Ctrl + > - Next Message
Ctrl + Shift + R - Reply All
Alt + M - Hide Completed (in Tasks)
Learn even more useful eM Client shortcuts here.
How to create custom shortcuts in eM Client
If you prefer your personal workflow and custom shortcuts for maximum productivity, just go to Menu > Settings > General > Shortcuts, select the shortcut you wish to modify and change it according to your preference.
Don’t worry, if you would like to reverse your changes (and maybe don’t remember the original shortcuts), simply click on Reset all to default.
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