Something reading email’s can be a pain. If you, like me, receive a lot of them a day, sometimes you just want use your keyboard to scroll through them. However once you reach an email that you want to reply to – I always have to reach for my mouse and click the Reply button in Outlook. It may seem like a small task – but we can make it simpler and faster.

In Outlook – the bar at the top of the window – gives you a nice hint on how to quickly perform functions all from the comfort of your keyboard.

What's all those underlined characters mean?

Any time you have an email highligted in Outlook – you can hold down the ALT button and type any character that is underlined to perform that action. With that said – here are some quick handy short-cuts to reply in Outlook:

Reply = ALT + R

Reply All = ALT + L

Forward = ALT + W

New Message = ALT + N

This will significant increase your productivity and make your email experience in Outlook a much faster one!