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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?
Cross
on January 10th, 2011 at 9:18 am
Thank you! By the way I have used the control+enter option for 10 years also and send 100’s of emails everyday, I have never sent one early…..helps if you know how to type properly.Someone with brians should change his name to without…….
on February 10th, 2011 at 3:14 am
Ian - God bless you fella, you are a true legend. I too made the mistake of turning off my CTRL+ENTER to send emails and it was driving me up the wall. Typical of Microsoft not to offer any help on correcting this too!
Someone else with BRAINs clearly doesn’t have much going on upstairs so I’ll refrain from having a cheap dig. However I will say it’s probably best you doing use that posting name given that this is a false statement to make about yourself.
on April 3rd, 2011 at 10:33 pm
I don’t understand all the consternation. It’s an Option setting in Outlook–you either have it checked or not. If you like it, like me, turn it on. If you don’t, quit complaining and just turn it off.
on July 18th, 2011 at 3:45 pm
Thank you ian for the solution. It fixes mine.
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.
on July 18th, 2011 at 3:45 pm
Restart Outlook after the change in registry.
on August 3rd, 2011 at 12:00 pm
Hi.
It is a setting in Outlook, though it’s hard to find. Just wanted to add that I’m an extremely fast and accurate typist, and I have sent uncountable unfinished emails with the key combination ctrl + enter.
Change settings like this:
Tools > Options > Preferences Tab >
Email Options button >
Advanced Email Options button >
at the bottom of the dialog box, uncheck “Press CTRL + ENTER to send messages.”
Jessica
on October 4th, 2011 at 12:10 pm
to get the dialog back:
delete CtrlEnterSends from:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\Pre ferences
and restart outlook.
This will cause the dialog to display when outlook is restarted.
on November 10th, 2011 at 4:49 pm
Jessica!
you are really the one who knows what you are doing! such simple steps to turn off the annoying Ctrl+Enter to send emails. no confusing regedit and HKEY stuff. I enabled mine by mistake and quickly and easily disabled it thanks to your instructions. you are great! thanks again
on May 16th, 2012 at 1:48 pm
Thanks for good info
on September 11th, 2012 at 8:58 am
Hi all,
Great thread but the info above doesn’t seem to apply to MS Office Pro Plus 2010. So here is how you re-enable it there:
• Open MS Outlook
• Click on the ‘File’ tab
• Click on ‘Options’ (this should open a pop-up)
• Click on ‘Mail’
• Scroll down to the ‘Send messages’ section
• Check the box entitled ‘CTRL + ENTER sends a message’
• Click ‘OK’
on November 1st, 2012 at 10:53 am
Hi all,
Great thread but the info above doesn’t seem to apply to MS Office 2007.
So here is how you re-enable it there:
• Open MS Outlook
• Click on the ‘Tools’ tab
• Click on ‘Email Options’ on the “Email” section
• Click on ‘Advanced Email Options’ on the “Message Handling” section
• Check the box entitled ‘Press CTRL+ENTER to send messages’
• Click ‘OK’
on January 8th, 2013 at 12:23 am
thanks jessica !!! you made my day today.
on May 9th, 2013 at 9:37 pm
Please start my Ctrl+Shift+N