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BASIC
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GENERAL KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
Caret Browsing F7
Exit Ctrl + Q
Get New Messages for Current Account Ctrl + T
Get New Messages for All Accounts Ctrl + Shift + T
Print Ctrl + P
Reply to All Recipients of Message Ctrl + Shift + R
Reply to Sender of Message Ctrl + R
Save Message as File Ctrl + S
Send and Receive All Messages Ctrl + T
Send Message Later Ctrl + Shift + Enter
Send Message Now Ctrl + Enter
Stop Esc
Toggle Message Pane F8
MESSAGE KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
Edit as New Ctrl + E
Forward Message Ctrl + L
Label: None 0
Label: Important 1
Label: Work 2
Label: Personal 3
Label: ToDo 4
Label: Later 5
Mark All Read Ctrl + Shift + C
Mark All Read by Date C
Mark as Junk J
Mark as Not Junk Shift + J
Mark Message as Read/Unread M
Mark Thread as Read R
New Message Ctrl + N
NAVIGATION KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
Close Window Ctrl + W
Collapse All Threads \
Expand All Threads *
Go to Next Message F
Go to Next Unread Message N
Go to Next Unread Thread T
Go to Previous Message B
Go to Previous Unread Thread P
Move to Next Mail Pane F6
Open Message in New Window Ctrl + O
SEARCH KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
Find Again F3
Find Link As You Type '
Find Previous Shift + F3
Find Text in This Message Ctrl + F
Search Bar Ctrl + K
Search Messages Ctrl + Shift + F
TEXT KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
Copy Ctrl + C
Cut Ctrl + X
Delete Del
Paste Ctrl + V
Redo Ctrl + Y
Select All Ctrl + A
Text Size Decrease Ctrl + -
Text Size Increase Ctrl + +
Text Size Default Ctrl + 0
Undo Ctrl + U
MOUSE SHORTCUTS
Decrease Text Size Ctrl + Scroll Up
Increase Text Size Ctrl + Scroll Down
New Plain Text Message Shift + Create a New Message
Plain Text Reply Shift + Reply
Plain Text Reply All Shift + Reply All
Plain Text Forward Shift + Forward
LOCATIONS
Profile Manager
Close Thunderbird and from the "Start" menu, select "Run" and type "thunderbird.exe -profilemanager"
User Profile Folder
C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Local Settings\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default\
Advanced Configuration
Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> General -> Config Editor
TIPS/TRICKS
Customize Toolbars
Right click on a toolbar and chose customize toolbar. To add icons drag and drop them on the toolbar. To subtract icons drag them from the toolbar to the "Customize Toolbar" window.
Make Thunderbird Default Email Client or RSS Reader
Tools -> Options -> General -> Make Thunderbird the Default Application For
Save Drafts Automatically
Tools -> Options -> Composition -> General -> Auto Save every X minutes
For use with Thunderbird running on a Windows machine. OS X users should generally use Cmd instead of Ctrl. Based on the work of David Tenser. Last Updated: 06.23.06. PDF Version Here.