One of the biggest advances in productivity comes when users move from mouse based use of a program to knowing and using the keyboard shortcuts.
F1 | Help. |
F2 | Edit contents of selected cell. |
F3 | Paste Cell name. |
F4 | Repeat Last Action (Ctrl + y) |
F5 | Goto cell |
F6 | Move to the next pane in a workbook that has been split |
F7 | Spell check |
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F9 | |
Ctrl + A | Select All |
Ctrl + B | Make Bold |
Ctrl + C | Copy Cell (or range) |
Ctrl + D | Copy contents of the cell above (fill down) |
Ctrl + F | Find |
Ctrl + G | Goto Cell (F5) |
CTRL + I | Apply or remove italic formatting |
Ctrl + R | Copy contents of cell to the left (fill right) |
CTRL + S | Save |
CTRL + U | Apply or remove an underline |
Ctrl + Y | Repeat Last Action |
Ctrl + Z | Undo |
CTRL + 0 (zero) | Hide columns
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CTRL + 1 | Display the Format Cells dialog box
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CTRL + 5 | Apply or remove strikethrough formatting
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CTRL + 9 | Hide rows
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Ctrl + ; | Todays date |
Ctrl + : | Time |
ALT + ' | Display the Style dialog box |
CTRL + ~ | Apply the General number format |
CTRL + $ | Apply the Currency format with two decimal places (negative numbers appear in parentheses) |
CTRL + % | Apply the Percentage format with no decimal places |
CTRL + ^ | Apply the Exponential number format with two decimal places |
CTRL + # | Apply the Date format with the day, month, and year |
CTRL + @ | Apply the Time format with the hour and minute, and indicate A.M. or P.M. |
CTRL + ! | Apply the Number format with two decimal places, thousands separator, and minus sign (.) for negative values |
CTRL + & | Apply the outline border |
CTRL + _ | Remove outline borders |
CTRL + ( | Unhide rows |
CTRL + ) | Unhide columns |
Ctrl + ; | Todays date |
Ctrl + : | Time |
ENTER | Complete a cell entry and move down in the selection |
ALT + ENTER | Start a new line in the same cell |
CTRL + ENTER | Fill the selected cell range with the current entry |
ENTER | Complete a cell entry and move up in the selection |
TAB | Complete a cell entry and move to the right in the selection |
SHIFT TAB | Complete a cell entry and move to the left in the selection |
ESC | Cancel a cell entry |
BACKSPACE | Delete the character to the left of the insertion point, or delete the selection |
DELETE | Delete the character to the right of the insertion point, or delete the selection |
CTRL + DELETE | Delete text to the end of the line |
Arrow keys | Move one character up, down, left, or right |
HOME | Move to the beginning of the line |