Mozilla Thunderbird Cheat Sheet
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1MOZILLA THUNDERBIRD CHEAT SHEET
BASIC
SEARCH KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
Home:
Find Again
F3
Find Link As You Type
'
Extensions & Themes:
Find Previous
Shift + F3
Find Text in This Message
Ctrl + F
Support Forum:
Search Bar
Ctrl + K
Search Messages
Ctrl + Shift + F
GENERAL KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
TEXT KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
Caret Browsing
F7
Exit
Ctrl + Q
Copy
Ctrl + C
Get New Messages for Current Account
Ctrl + T
Cut
Ctrl + X
Get New Messages for All Accounts
Ctrl + Shift + T
Delete
Del
Print
Ctrl + P
Paste
Ctrl + V
Reply to All Recipients of Message
Ctrl + Shift + R
Redo
Ctrl + Y
Reply to Sender of Message
Ctrl + R
Select All
Ctrl + A
Save Message as File
Ctrl + S
Text Size Decrease
Ctrl + -
Send and Receive All Messages
Ctrl + T
Text Size Increase
Ctrl + +
Send Message Later
Ctrl + Shift + Enter
Text Size Default
Ctrl + 0
Send Message Now
Ctrl + Enter
Undo
Ctrl + U
Stop
Esc
MOUSE SHORTCUTS
Toggle Message Pane
F8
Decrease Text Size
Ctrl + Scroll Up
MESSAGE KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
Increase Text Size
Ctrl + Scroll Down
Edit as New
Ctrl + E
New Plain Text Message
Shift + Create a New Message
Forward Message
Ctrl + L
Plain Text Reply
Shift + Reply
Label: None
0
Plain Text Reply All
Shift + Reply All
Label: Important
1
Plain Text Forward
Shift + Forward
Label: Work
2
LOCATIONS
Label: Personal
3
Label: ToDo
4
Profile Manager
Label: Later
5
Close Thunderbird and from the "Start" menu, select "Run" and type
"thunderbird.exe -profilemanager"
Mark All Read
Ctrl + Shift + C
User Profile Folder
Mark All Read by Date
C
C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Local Settings\Application
Mark as Junk
J
Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default\
Mark as Not Junk
Shift + J
Advanced Configuration
Mark Message as Read/Unread
M
Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> General -> Config Editor
Mark Thread as Read
R
New Message
Ctrl + N
TIPS/TRICKS
Customize Toolbars
NAVIGATION KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
Right click on a toolbar and chose customize toolbar. To add icons
Close Window
Ctrl + W
drag and drop them on the toolbar. To subtract icons drag them from
Collapse All Threads
\
the toolbar to the "Customize Toolbar" window.
Expand All Threads
*
Make Thunderbird Default Email Client or RSS Reader
Go to Next Message
F
Tools -> Options -> General -> Make Thunderbird the Default
Go to Next Unread Message
N
Application For
Go to Next Unread Thread
T
Save Drafts Automatically
Go to Previous Message
B
Tools -> Options -> Composition -> General -> Auto Save every X
minutes
Go to Previous Unread Thread
P
Move to Next Mail Pane
F6
Open Message in New Window
Ctrl + O
For use with Thunderbird running on a Windows machine. OS X users should generally use Cmd instead of Ctrl. Based on the work of David Tenser. Last
Updated: 06.23.06.
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