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MS Excel Shortcut Keys

The document lists many keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Excel. Some key shortcuts include Ctrl+A to select all contents of a worksheet, Ctrl+B to bold highlighted text, Ctrl+Z to undo the last action, Ctrl+Page Up/Down to move between worksheets, Ctrl+Arrow key to move to the next section of text, and F2 to edit the selected cell. The shortcuts allow users to perform common Excel tasks more efficiently through keyboard commands rather than using the mouse.

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MS Excel Shortcut Keys

The document lists many keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Excel. Some key shortcuts include Ctrl+A to select all contents of a worksheet, Ctrl+B to bold highlighted text, Ctrl+Z to undo the last action, Ctrl+Page Up/Down to move between worksheets, Ctrl+Arrow key to move to the next section of text, and F2 to edit the selected cell. The shortcuts allow users to perform common Excel tasks more efficiently through keyboard commands rather than using the mouse.

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MS Excel Keyboard Short-cuts

MS Excel offers many keyboard short-cuts. If you are familiar with windows operating
system, you should be aware of most of them. Below is the list of all the major shortcut
keys in Microsoft Excel.
 Ctrl + A − Selects all contents of the worksheet.
 Ctrl + B − Bold highlighted selection.
 Ctrl + I − Italicizes the highlighted selection.
 Ctrl + K − Inserts link.
 Ctrl + U − Underlines the highlighted selection.
 Ctrl + 1 − Changes the format of selected cells.
 Ctrl + 5 − Strikethrough the highlighted selection.
 Ctrl + P − Brings up the print dialog box to begin printing.
 Ctrl + Z − Undo last action.
 Ctrl + F3 − Opens Excel Name Manager.
 Ctrl + F9 − Minimizes the current window.
 Ctrl + F10 − Maximize currently selected window.
 Ctrl + F6 − Switches between open workbooks or windows.
 Ctrl + Page up − Moves between Excel work sheets in the same Excel
document.
 Ctrl + Page down − Moves between Excel work sheets in the same Excel
document.
 Ctrl + Tab − Moves between Two or more open Excel files.
 Alt + = − Creates a formula to sum all of the above cells
 Ctrl + ' − Inserts the value of the above cell into cell currently selected.
 Ctrl + Shift + ! − Formats the number in comma format.
 Ctrl + Shift + $ − Formats the number in currency format.
 Ctrl + Shift + # − Formats the number in date format.
 Ctrl + Shift + % − Formats the number in percentage format.
 Ctrl + Shift + ^ − Formats the number in scientific format.
 Ctrl + Shift + @ − Formats the number in time format.
 Ctrl + Arrow key − Moves to the next section of text.
 Ctrl + Space − Selects the entire column.
 Shift + Space − Selects the entire row.
 Ctrl + - − Deletes the selected column or row.
 Ctrl + Shift + = − Inserts a new column or row.
 Ctrl + Home − Moves to cell A1.
 Ctrl + ~ − Switches between showing Excel formulas or their values in cells.
 F2 − Edits the selected cell.
 F3 − After a name has been created F3 will paste names.
 F4 − Repeat last action. For example, if you changed the color of text in another
cell pressing F4 will change the text in cell to the same color.
 F5 − Goes to a specific cell. For example, C6.
 F7 − Spell checks the selected text or document.
 F11 − Creates chart from the selected data.
 Ctrl + Shift + ; − Enters the current time.
 Ctrl + ; − Enters the current date.
 Alt + Shift + F1 − Inserts New Worksheet.
 Alt + Enter − While typing text in a cell pressing Alt + Enter will move to the next
line allowing for multiple lines of text in one cell.
 Shift + F3 − Opens the Excel formula window.
 Shift + F5 − Brings up the search box.

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