Here are some shortcuts that you can use to maximize your workflow to maintain an efficient Excel experience.
General Program Shortcuts
- Press: Ctrl+N: To create a new workbook
- Press: Ctrl+S: To save a workbook
- Press: F12: To open the Save As dialog box
- Press: Shift+F11: To insert a new worksheet
- Press: Shift+F9: To calculate active worksheets
- Press: Ctrl+Z: To undo an action
- Press: Ctrl+Y: To redo an action
- Press: F1: To open the Help pane
- Press: Alt+Q: To go to the “Tell me what you want to do” box
- Press: F7: To check spelling
- Press: F11: To create a bar chart based on selected data (on a separate sheet)
- Press: Ctrl+F: To search in a spreadsheet, or use Find and Replace
- Press: Alt or F10: To turn key tips on or off
- Press: Alt+P: To go to the Page Layout tab
- Press: Ctrl+Tab: To switch between open workbooks
- Press: Alt+F8: To create, run, edit, or delete a macro
- Press: Alt+F11: To open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Editor
Borders & Appearance
- Press: Ctrl+Shift+A: To apply a border to all of a cell’s edges
- Press: Alt+R: To only add a borderline to the right edge of a cell
- Press: Alt+L: To add a border to the left edge of a cell
- Press: Alt+T: To put a border on the top edge of a cell
- Press: Alt+B: To apply a border to the bottom edge of a cell
- Press: Ctrl+Shift+_: To remove borders from a cell
- Press: Ctrl+B: To have data appear in a bold font
- Press: Ctrl+I: To type in italics
- Press: Ctrl+U: To underline the contents of a cell
- Press: Ctrl+5: To strikethrough the contents of a cell
- Press: Alt+H+H: To select a fill color
- Press: Ctrl+Shift+$: To apply currency format
- Press: Ctrl+Shift+%: To apply percentage format
- Press: Ctrl+9: To hide the selected rows
- Press: Ctrl+0: To hide selected columns
Editing Cells
- Press: F2: To edit a cell
- Press: Shift+F2: To add or edit a cell comment
- Press: Ctrl+X: To cut contents of a cell, selected data, or selected cell range
- Press: Ctrl+C or Ctrl+Insert: To copy contents of a cell, selected data, or selected cell range
- Press: Ctrl+V or Shift+Insert: To paste contents of a cell, selected data, or selected cell range
- Press: Ctrl+Alt+V: To open the Paste Special dialog box
- Press: Alt+Enter: To insert a hard return within a cell (while editing a cell)
- Press: F3: To paste a cell name (if cells are named in the worksheet)
- Press: Alt+H+D+C: To delete a column
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