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Ctrl+N: New Document

Posted in Applications, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook by estephen on March 19th, 2007

For most applications that support working with more than one document at once, Ctrl+N starts a new document, without having to answer questions about what kind of new document you want. Try it in Microsoft Word, Excel, etc.

Be careful when using Microsoft Outlook, because Ctrl+N has a different meaning depending on what section of Outlook you’re in. For example, in Calendar mode, Ctrl+N creates a new appointment, while in Mail mode, Ctrl+N creates a new e-mail message.

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  1. Mako said,

    on July 2nd, 2008 at 12:12 pm

    In Firefox and Internet Explorer, Ctrl+N opens a new (blank) browser window.

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