Office 365 is the new mantra these days, which has captured many users and absolutely engaged them in its user-friendly features. Inevitably, there this one more significant aspect that has liberated users to initiate more working with Office 365 and that is ‘Shortcuts’.

Yes, the title of our content briefly elucidates the basic shortcuts that make the complete process user-defined and effortless. Office 365 has implemented several keyboard shortcuts to make the application more of proficient. Highlighted below are the basic keyboard shortcuts of Office 365, which are compatible with MAC and Windows Operating System.

Press Control + 1: Directly switch’s to Mail and if you are working on a Mac OS then press command + 1

Press Control + 2: Directly switch’s to Calendar and similarly if you are working on the Mac OS then press command +2

Press Control + 3: Directly opens your Contact tab and for Mac OS, press command + 3

Press Control + Shift + M: This shortcut directly opens the tab of composing a new message window. This can be initiated from anywhere in the Outlook.

And for the same task press command + Shift + M for Mac Operating System

Press Control + Shift + A: After pressing this command, you will be able to set a new appointment, which can also be pressed from anywhere in Outlook. And for the Mac OS, press command + Shift + A

The shortcut key F3 opens the search pane and for Mac a user must press command + F3

Pressing Control + , or . : With a current message open a user can press control + , (comma) to go to the previous message in the Outlook Inbox; or by pressing control + . (Period/ full stop) to go to the next message in the Outlook Inbox. And for Mac Pressing command + , or . will do the same thing.

Pressing Control + Enter key: A user can automatically send his Outlook email by directly pressing these shortcut keys. And similarly for the Mac Operating System, the shortcut key is: command + return.

The shortcut key F4 will directly close Office 365.

For Mac OS press command + Q

All these shortcut keys help in easy and swift navigation in Office 365, which inevitably makes the usage effortless and reliable for the users. Go through them, use them, and make them on tips, so that your Office 365 computing is a high five!!