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I am trying to find a shortcut for marking all messages (eMails) in a folder as read by using a keyboard shortcut, but had no luck in finding one so far.

I am using Microsoft Outlook 2010 and when I open the context menu (right click on the folder), it shows the "e" underlined in "Mark All as Read", which is in my opinion a sign for a shortcut.

Does anybody know the shortcut?

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I know you've gotten a satisfactory answer, but just wanted to mention that the underlined e that you see is a shortcut only when the contextual menu is visible... i.e. it still requires the click. – JoshP Oct 8 '12 at 0:20

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You could put the "Mark All as Read" command into the Quick Access Toolbar like so: Quick Access Toolbar customization dialog

After that you can access the function via Alt+3. The number depends on the position where you place the command. Press Alt by itself to make Outlook display overlays for all hotkeys.

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Nice suggestion, but I really want to avoid to click. – Bertolt Feb 3 '12 at 12:57
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@Bertolt You only have to set it up once, after that the hotkey is permanently available. – Oliver Salzburg♦ Feb 3 '12 at 13:30
Oops, I did not get that elements in the quick access toolbar get automatically assigned to a keyboard shortcut. NIce solution. – Bertolt Feb 6 '12 at 15:20
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Keyboard shortcut

Click any message in the message list, press CTRL+A then press CTRL+Q.

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Quite close. But is there a way of doing exactly that without clicking on a message? – Bertolt Feb 3 '12 at 12:55
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Alt+E+E

Hope this resolves your issue.

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Just select/highlight them all (click first message, scroll to last message hold SHIFT and click again) and then press "Read".

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This sounds equivalent to the (Ctrl+A), (Ctrl+Q) answer, but more work. – Scott Apr 10 at 15:59

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