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Keyboard Shortcut Keys


The shortcuts below are very basic, yet very powerful. These shortcuts aren’t specific to Excel only — they work in most
other applications and on websites as well! Chances are, you might have even heard of them before.

Basic shortcuts
• Ctrl + F: Search in a spreadsheet, or use Find and Replace
• Ctrl + N: Create a new workbook
• Ctrl + O: Open a workbook saved on your computer or an online source
• Ctrl + S: Save the currently open workbook
• Ctrl + W: Close the workbook
• Ctrl + Y: Redo an action
• Ctrl + Z: Undo an action
• Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Insert: Copy contents of a cell, selected data, or selected cell range
• Ctrl + V or Shift + Insert: Paste contents of a cell, selected data, or selected cell range
• Ctrl + F4: Close Excel

General Excel shortcuts


• Ctrl + F1: Show or hide the ribbon
• Alt + H: Go to the Home tab
• Alt + M: Go to the Formulas tab
• Alt + N: Open the Insert tab
• Alt + P: Go to the Page Layout tab
• Alt + Q: Go to the “Tell me what you want to do” box
• Alt + R: Go to the Review tab
• Alt + W: Go to the View tab
• Alt + X: Go to the Add-ins tab
• Alt + Y: Go to the Help tab
• Ctrl + F2: Switch to Print Preview
• Ctrl + F9: Minimize the workbook window
• Ctrl + Shift + U: Expand or collapse the formula bar
• Ctrl + Tab: Switch between open workbooks
• F1: Open the Help pane
• F4: Repeat the last command or action.
• F7: Check the spelling
• F11: Create a bar chart based on selected data (on a separate sheet)
• F12: Open the Save As dialog box
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Shortcuts for moving around in a worksheet or cell


• Left or Right arrow: Move one cell to the left or right
• Ctrl + Left or Right arrow: Move to the farthest cell left or right in the row
• Up or Down arrow: Move one cell up or down
• Ctrl + Up or Down arrow: Move to the top or bottom cell in the column
• Tab: Go to the next cell
• Shift + Tab: Go to the previous cell
• Ctrl + End: Go to the most bottom right used cell
• F5: Go to any cell by pressing F5 and typing the cell coordinate or cell name.
• Home: Go to the leftmost cell in the current row (or go to the beginning of the cell if editing a cell)
• Ctrl + Home: Move to the beginning of a worksheet
• Page Up or Down: Move one screen up or down in a worksheet
• Alt + Page Up or Down: Move one screen to the right or left in a worksheet
• Ctrl + Page Up or Down: Move to the previous or next worksheet

Shortcuts for editing cells

• Shift + Left or Right arrow: Extend cell selection to the left or right
• Shift + Space: Select the entire row
• Ctrl + Space: Select the entire column
• Ctrl + Shift + Space: Select the entire worksheet
• F2: Edit a cell
• Esc: Cancel an entry in a cell or the formula bar
• Enter: Complete an entry in a cell or the formula bar
• Shift + F2: Add or edit a cell comment
• Ctrl + X: Cut contents of a cell, selected data, or selected cell range
• Ctrl + Alt + V: Open the Paste Special dialog box
• Alt + Enter: Insert a hard return within a cell (while editing a cell)
• F3: Paste a cell name (if cells are named in the worksheet)
• Alt + H + D + C: Delete column
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Shortcuts for formatting cells

• Alt + H + B: Add a border


• Alt + H + H: Select a fill colour
• Ctrl + B: Add or remove bold to the contents of a cell, selected data, or selected cell range
• Ctrl + I: Add or remove italics to the contents of a cell, selected data, or selected cell range
• Ctrl + Shift + $: Apply currency format
• Ctrl + Shift + %: Apply percent format
• Ctrl + Shift + &: Apply outline border
• Ctrl + Shift + _: Remove outline border
• Ctrl + U: Add or remove underline to the contents of a cell, selected data, or selected cell range
• Ctrl + 0: Hide the selected columns
• Ctrl + 1: Open the Format Cells dialog box
• Ctrl + 5: Apply or remove strikethrough
• Ctrl + 9: Hide the selected rows

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