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    Excel Shortcut Key

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    This document provides shortcuts for common Excel tasks like navigating worksheets, entering and formatting data, working with formulas, and selecting cells. It includes over 30 shortcuts organized into categories with descriptions of what each shortcut does. Some key shortcuts include Ctrl+S to save, Ctrl+C to copy, Ctrl+V to paste, Ctrl+Z to undo, Ctrl+Home to go to cell A1, and Ctrl+A to select the entire worksheet. The shortcuts listed are meant to help both beginners and experienced Excel users work more efficiently.

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    Excel Shortcut Key

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    This document provides shortcuts for common Excel tasks like navigating worksheets, entering and formatting data, working with formulas, and selecting cells. It includes over 30 shortcuts organized into categories with descriptions of what each shortcut does. Some key shortcuts include Ctrl+S to save, Ctrl+C to copy, Ctrl+V to paste, Ctrl+Z to undo, Ctrl+Home to go to cell A1, and Ctrl+A to select the entire worksheet. The shortcuts listed are meant to help both beginners and experienced Excel users work more efficiently.

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    This document provides shortcuts for common Excel tasks like navigating worksheets, entering and formatting data, working with formulas, and selecting cells. It includes over 30 shortcuts organized into categories with descriptions of what each shortcut does. Some key shortcuts include Ctrl+S to save, Ctrl+C to copy, Ctrl+V to paste, Ctrl+Z to undo, Ctrl+Home to go to cell A1, and Ctrl+A to select the entire worksheet. The shortcuts listed are meant to help both beginners and experienced Excel users work more efficiently.

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    Excel Shortcut Key

    Uploaded by

    Abhi Yadav
    This document provides shortcuts for common Excel tasks like navigating worksheets, entering and formatting data, working with formulas, and selecting cells. It includes over 30 shortcuts organized into categories with descriptions of what each shortcut does. Some key shortcuts include Ctrl+S to save, Ctrl+C to copy, Ctrl+V to paste, Ctrl+Z to undo, Ctrl+Home to go to cell A1, and Ctrl+A to select the entire worksheet. The shortcuts listed are meant to help both beginners and experienced Excel users work more efficiently.

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    Must-have Excel shortcuts no workbook can do without

    I know, I know, these are basic shortcuts and most of you are comfortable with them.
    Still, let me write them down again for beginners.

    Note for newbies: The plus sign "+" means the keys should be pressed simultaneously.
    The Ctrl and Alt keys are located on the bottom left and bottom right sides of most
    keyboards.

    Shortcut Description

    Ctrl + N Create a new workbook.

    Ctrl + O Open an existing workbook.

    Ctrl + S Save the active workbook.

    F12 Save the active workbook under a new name, displays the Save as dialog box.

    Ctrl + W Close the active workbook.

    Ctrl + C Copy the contents of the selected cells to Clipboard.

    Ctrl + X Cut the contents of the selected cells to Clipboard.

    Ctrl + V Insert the contents of the Clipboard into the selected cell(s).

    Ctrl + Z Undo your last action. Panic button :)

    Ctrl + P Open the "Print" dialog.

    Formatting data
    Shortcut Description

    Ctrl + 1 Open the "Format Cells" dialog.

    Ctrl + T "Convert selected cells to a table. You can also select any cell in a range of related
    Shortcut Description

    data, and pressing Ctrl + T will make it a table.


    Find more about Excel tables and their features.

    Working with formulas


    Shortcut Description

    Autocomplete the function name. Example: Enter = and start typing vl,


    Tab
    press Tab and you will get =vlookup(

    Cycle through various combinations of formula reference types. Place the cursor
    F4 within a cell and hit F4 to get the needed reference type: absolute, relative or mixed
    (relative column and absolute row, absolute column and relative row).

    Ctrl + ` Toggle between displaying cell values and formulas.

    Insert the formula of the above cell into the currently selected cell or the Formula
    Ctrl + '
    Bar.

    Navigating and viewing data


    Shortcut Description

    Show / hide the Excel Ribbon. Hide the ribbon to view more than 4 rows of
    Ctrl + F1
    data.

    Ctrl + Tab Switch to the next open Excel workbook.

    Ctrl +
    Switch to the next worksheet. Press Ctrl + PgUp to switch to the previous sheet.
    PgDown

    Ctrl + G Open the "Go to" dialog. Pressing F5 displays the same dialog.

    Ctrl + F Display the "Find" dialog box.

    Home Return to the 1st cell of the current row in a worksheet.


    Shortcut Description

    Ctrl + Home Move to the beginning of a worksheet (A1 cell).

    Move to the last used cell of the current worksheet, i.e. the lowest row of the
    Ctrl + End
    rightmost column.

    Entering data
    Shortcut Description

    F2 Edit the current cell.

    Alt + Enter In cell editing mode, enter a new line (carriage return) into a cell.

    Ctrl + ; Enter the current date. Press Ctrl + Shift + ; to enter the current time.

    Fill the selected cells with the contents of the current cell.
    Example: select several cells. Press and hold down Ctrl, click on any cell
    Ctrl + Enter
    within selection and press F2 to edit it. Then hit Ctrl + Enter and the contents
    of the edited cell will be copied into all selected cells.

    Copy the contents and format of the first cell in the selected range into the cells
    Ctrl + D below. If more than one column is selected, the contents of the topmost cell in
    each column will be copied downwards.

    Ctrl + Shift + V Open the "Paste Special" dialog when clipboard is not empty.

    Ctrl + Y Repeat (Redo) the last action, if possible.

    Selecting data
    Shortcut Description

    Ctrl + A Select the entire worksheet. If the cursor is currently


    placed within a table, press once to select the table, press
    Shortcut Description

    one more time to select the whole worksheet.

    Ctrl + Home then Ctrl + Shift + Select the entire range of your actual used data on the
    End current worksheet.

    Ctrl + Space Select the entire column.

    Shift + Space Select the entire row.

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