If that's what you think with every Ctrl-Shift-J you press, maybe keyboard shortcuts borrowed from Yahoo! Mail or Gmail are for you.
Use Yahoo! Mail or Gmail Keyboard Shortcuts in Windows Live Hotmail
To enable keyboard shortcuts you know from Yahoo! Mail or Gmail in Windows Live Hotmail:
- Select Options | More options in Windows Live Hotmail.
- Follow the Change keyboard shortcuts link under Customize your mail.
- To use Yahoo! Mail keyboard shortcuts:
- Make sure Yahoo! Mail is selected under Select which mode you'd like to use:.
- To use Gmail keyboard shortcuts:
- Make sure Gmail is selected under Select which mode you'd like to use:.
- Click Save.
Note that enabling Yahoo! Mail or Gmail keyboard shortcuts in Windows Live Hotmail will replace all existing shortcuts. If Gmail does not offer a key combination for sending a message, Windows Live Hotmail will not fall back to its native shortcut.
Yahoo! Mail Keyboard Shortcuts You Can Use in Windows Live Hotmail
In the Message List
- N: Start composing a new message
- M: Go to the Inbox folder
- S: Focus the Search your e-mail field
With Messages Checked
- Del: Delete checked mail
- Shift-K: Mark checked mail as unread
- K: Mark checked mail as read
- P: Print checked mail (continuously)
With a Message Open in the Preview Pane or its Own
- Del: Delete the message
- R: Reply to the message sender
- A: Reply to the message sender and all recipients (except yourself)
- F: Forward the message
- Esc: Close the message
- Shift-K: Mark the message as unread
- K: Mark the message as read
- Ctrl-.: Go to the next message
- Ctrl-,: Go to the previous message
While Composing a Message
- Alt-S: Send the message
- Ctrl-S: Save the message as a draft to the Drafts folder
Gmail Keyboard Shortcuts You Can Use in Windows Live Hotmail
In the Message List
- C: Start composing a new message
- * followed by
- A: Check all messages
- N: Uncheck all messages
- G followed by
- I: Go to the Inbox folder
- D: Go to the Drafts folder
- T: Go to the Sent folder
- C: Go to the address book
- /: Focus the Search your e-mail field
With Messages Checked
- #: Delete checked mail
- !: Mark checked mail as spam
- Shift-U: Mark checked mail as unread
- Shift-I: Mark checked mail as read
- O: Open a single checked message
With a Message Open in the Preview Pane or its Own
- #: Delete the message
- R: Reply to the message sender
- A: Reply to the message sender and all recipients (except yourself)
- F: Forward the message
- U: Close the message
- !: Mark the message as spam
- Shift-U: Mark the message as unread
- Shift-I: Mark the message as read
- N: Go to the next message
- P: Go to the previous message
While Composing a Message
- Ctrl-S: Save the message as a draft to the Drafts folder
