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Ctrl+Enter: Send e-mail
It’s Microsoft Outlook week this week.
To start things off, when sending e-mail, don’t bother clicking on that “Send” button — press Ctrl+Enter to send. You’ll need to confirm with a dialog box the first time.
(Note that this will work with many other e-mail programs as well.)
on June 14th, 2007 at 5:15 am
alt s also works
on June 14th, 2007 at 7:44 am
Good point!
on June 23rd, 2007 at 5:48 am
Is there any way to *disable* CTRL-ENTER as a send shortcut?
on November 29th, 2007 at 10:51 am
I am generally a big fan of shortcuts, but because I have wandering fingers I have on more than one occasion sent emails on accident and I can’t have that happen at work anymore. Does anyone have an answer for the above question - can you disable the “send” shortcuts?
on April 17th, 2008 at 11:28 am
Yes, there is a way. I did it, and now i don’t know how to get it back! I live by the ctl send!!!
on July 31st, 2008 at 7:05 pm
Cntl-enter is an IDIOTIC shortcut and the above poster is a MORON. Just wait until you send a vital email by accident before it was ready and you’ll see how ‘wonderful’ this stupid shortcut from Microsoft really is.
For those of us with working brains here is the way to disable this lousy thing.
http://bhandler.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!1pt1v0Q4vD8jSvNS4lqdAuug!303.entry
on August 16th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Let’s watch the language please.
Personally I use Thunderbird more than Outlook. In Thunderbird, you can disable this easily: Tools | Options | General | select “Confirm when using keyboard shortcut to send message.”
on October 6th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
LOL, I have to ask… what language?! Is it because he used the word idiotic or the word moron?!? What kind of sheltered little world do YOU live in?!
Anyways, back to the topic, ctrl+enter is one of the dumbest shortcuts EVER! If you happen to be pressing ctrl (as in, if you’re about to copy, cut or paste some text) and then you hit enter for a carriage return, BOOM the emai is gone. Not very convenient now is it?!
on November 12th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
“Idiotic” and “moron” are not words I want used in the comments on this blog — it’s a technical/help blog, and we can keep a civil tone here. Otherwise I’ll moderate away. Since this blog is my world, I can create whatever shelters I like.
I hate clicking. I love Ctrl+Enter. In ten years of using that shortcut, I think I’ve sent an e-mail early maybe twice. On the other hand, I’ve saved tens of thousands of mouse clicks. Worth it, in my opinion.
Your mileage may vary; I agree there should be a way to disable it. There is in Thunderbird, but I can’t find a way to disable it in Outlook.
on November 17th, 2008 at 12:01 am
I have disabled the dialog box which use to alret me when ever I clicked CTRL+ENTER for sending.
I NEED THAT WARNING/DIALOG BOX TO BE ENABLED AGAIN….
what to do ?????????
on November 21st, 2008 at 11:51 pm
any comments guys?
on October 14th, 2009 at 8:44 pm
I have set up in policy to spell check a message before it is sent. However, I don’t want to spell check parts of the message from others when I am replying, so I want to bail out of the SpellCheck dialog before it reaches the end of the message. Is there a keyboard shortcut for this?
on December 23rd, 2009 at 2:14 am
Can’t find a user interface option, but have a look in your registry - regedit.exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\Preferences
There is an entry CtrlEnterSends - set this to 1 to re-enable.
I too avoid using the mouse where possible.
on July 29th, 2010 at 12:04 pm
hello
Which characters do I need to include for an on screen keyboard to support email addresses?
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