Windows Keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts help you save time by allowing you to never take your hands off the keyboard to use the mouse. You'll need a Standard 101/102-Key or Natural PS/2 Keyboard to use the shortcuts.

Tip: Press ? in Gmail to see a list of keyboard shortcuts.

Some keyboard shortcuts can be used immediately, and others need to be enabled before you can use them.

Shortcuts that are always turned on

These navigational and formatting shortcuts all work whether or not you've enabled the keyboard shortcuts setting.

Use arrow keys to view messages and start composing

While viewing your messages, use your keyboard’s arrow keys to move your cursor to a conversation, label or the compose button. Press Enter to select.

Move between messages in a conversation

While viewing a conversation, use n and p to go the next and previous messages in a conversation thread. Hit Enter to open or collapse a message.

Navigate in compose

Use the following combinations of keys when you have compose windows or chats open.

Shortcut Key	Definition	Action
Ctrl + Enter Mac: ⌘ + Enter	Send message	After composing your message, use this combination to send it.
Ctrl + . Mac: ⌘ + .	Advance to next window	Use this shortcut to move the cursor to the next chat or compose window, or to the main window.
Ctrl + , Mac: ⌘ + ,	Go to previous window	Use this shortcut to move the cursor to the previous chat or compose window, or to the main window.
Ctrl + Shift + c Mac: ⌘ + Shift + c	Add Cc recipients	While composing, takes you to the Cc field to add new recipients.
Ctrl + Shift + b Mac: ⌘ + Shift + b	Add Bcc recipients	While composing, takes you to the Bcc field to add new blind recipients.
Ctrl + Shift + f Mac: ⌘ + Shift + f	Change "from" address	While composing, takes you to the From field to change your sending address. This shortcut only works if you have configuredadditional sending addresses.

To format your text quickly, check out these formatting shortcuts.

Shortcuts that need to be turned on

Before you can use these keyboard shortcuts, you’ll need to enable keyboard shortcuts in your settings:

1. Click the  gear in the top right and select Settings.
2. Find the "Keyboard shortcuts" section and select Keyboard shortcuts on.
3. Click Save Changes at the bottom of the page.

Google's Matt Cutts: Using Keyword Rich Words As Your Comment Name Can Be Spam

As someone who manages a content site with comments, there are things that bother me with some comments I get here. I dislike it when I see comments from people but they use their company name and/or keyword rich anchor text. I know the name hyperlinks to your site, but the links do not count - so it looks (1) spammy and (2) that you don't know SEO because the links don't count anyway.

That being said, Matt Cutts, Google's head of search spam, published a video yesterday telling webmasters who leave comments to "worry about" two types of comments:

(1) Using keyword rich anchor text or your company name, as opposed to your real personal name when commenting.

(2) Using commenting as your primary link building strategy.

If you are doing these, then Google may consider it a link scheme and may take action.

Here is the video:

Will this video reduce the number of comments I get that look like these below? I doubt it: