Sunday, May 10, 2009

Excel Short Cuts

Excel Keyboard Shortctus (239 Shortcuts)

Shortcuts for selecting cells, rows and columns and objects

1 CTRL+SPACEBAR Select the entire column

2 SHIFT+SPACEBAR Select the entire row

3 CTRL+A Select the entire worksheet

4 SHIFT+BACKSPACE With multiple cells selected, select only the active cell

5 CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR With an object selected, select all objects on a sheet

6 CTRL+6 Alternate between hiding objects, displaying objects, and displaying placeholders for objects

7 CTRL+SHIFT+* Select the current region around the active cell (the data area enclosed by blank rows and blank columns). In a PivotTable report, select the
entire PivotTable report

8 CTRL+/ Select the array containing the active cell

9 CTRL+SHIFT+O Select all cells that contain comments

10 CTRL+\ In a selected row, select the cells that do not match the value in the active cell

11 CTRL+SHIFT+| In a selected column, select the cells that do not match the value in the active cell

12 CTRL+[ Select all cells directly referenced by formulas in the selection

13 CTRL+SHIFT+{ Select all cells directly or indirectly referenced by formulas in the selection

14 CTRL+] Select cells that contain formulas that directly reference the active cell

15 CTRL+SHIFT+} Select cells that contain formulas that directly or indirectly reference the active cell

16 ALT+; Select the visible cells in the current selection

17 F8 Turn extend mode on or off. In extend mode, EXT appears in the status line, and the arrow keys extend the selection

18 SHIFT+F8 Add another range of cells to the selection; or use the arrow keys to move to the start of the range you want to add, and then press F8 and the arrow keys to select the next range

19 SHIFT+ARROW KEYS Extend the selection by one cell

20 CTRL+SHIFT+ARROW KEYS Extend the selection to the last nonblank cell in the same column or row as the active cell

21 SHIFT+HOME Extend the selection to the beginning of the row

22 CTRL+SHIFT+HOME Extend the selection to the beginning of the worksheet

23 CTRL+SHIFT+END Extend the selection to the last used cell on the worksheet (lower-right corner)

24 SHIFT+PAGE DOWN Extend the selection down one screen

25 SHIFT+PAGE UP Extend the selection up one screen

26 END+SHIFT+ARROW KEYS Extend the selection to the last nonblank cell in the same column or row as the active cell

27 END+SHIFT+HOME Extend the selection to the last used cell on the worksheet (lower-right corner)

28 END+SHIFT+ENTER Extend the selection to the last cell in the current
row. This key sequence does not work if you have turned on transition navigation keys (Tools menu, Options command, Transition tab)

29 SCROLL LOCK+ SHIFT+HOME Extend the selection to the cell in the upper-left corner of the window

30 SCROLL LOCK+ SHIFT+END Extend the selection to the cell in the lower-right corner of the window

Excel Shortcuts for entering, editing, formatting and calculating data

31 ENTER Complete a cell entry and select the cell below

32 ALT+ENTER Start a new line in the same cell

33 CTRL+ENTER Fill the selected cell range with the current entry

34 SHIFT+ENTER Complete a cell entry and select the previous cell above

35 TAB Complete a cell entry and select the next cell to the right

36 SHIFT+TAB Complete a cell entry and select the previous cell to the left

37 ESC Cancel a cell entry

38 ARROW KEYS Move one character up, down, left, or right

39 HOME Move to the beginning of the line

40 F4 or CTRL+Y Repeat the last action

41 CTRL+SHIFT+F3 Create names from row and column labels

42 CTRL+D Fill down

43 CTRL+R Fill to the right

44 CTRL+F3 Define a name

45 CTRL+K Insert a hyperlink

46 CTRL+; Enter the date

47 CTRL+SHIFT+: Enter the time

48 ALT+ARROW DOWN Display a drop-down list of the values in the current column
of a range

49 CTRL+Z Undo the last action

50 ALT+0162 Enters the cent character

51 ALT+0163 Enters the pound sterling character

52 ALT+0165 Enters the yen symbol

53 ALT+0128 Enters the euro symbol

Shortcuts to enter and calculate formulas in Excel

54 = Start a formula

55 F2 Move the insertion point into the Formula Bar when editing in a cell is turned off

56 BACKSPACE In the Formula Bar, delete one character to the left

57 ENTER Complete a cell entry from the cell or Formula Bar

58 CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER Enter a formula as an array formula. Array formulas
are enclosed between braces { } and are entered by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER

59 ESC Cancel an entry in the cell or Formula Bar

60 SHIFT+F3 In a formula, display the Insert Function dialog box

61 CTRL+A When the insertion point is to the right of a function name in a formula, display the Function Arguments dialog box

62 CTRL+SHIFT+A When the insertion point is to the right of a function name in a formula, insert the argument names and parentheses

63 F3 Paste a defined name into a formula

64 ALT+= Insert an AutoSum formula with the SUM function

65 CTRL+SHIFT+" Copy the value from the cell above the active cell into the cell or the Formula Bar

66 CTRL+' Copies a formula from the cell above the active cell into the cell or the Formula Bar

67 CTRL+` Alternate between displaying cell values and displaying formulas

68 F9 Calculate all worksheets in all open workbooks

69 SHIFT+F9 Calculate the active worksheet

70 CTRL+ALT+F9 Calculate all worksheets in all open workbooks, regardless of whether they have changed since the last calculation

71 CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+F9 Rechecks dependent formulas and then calculates all cells in all open workbooks, including cells not marked as needing to be calculated

Keys for editing data and working with Excel cells

72 F2 Edit the active cell and position the insertion point at the end of the cell contents

73 ALT+ENTER Start a new line in the same cell

74 BACKSPACE Edit the active cell and then clear it, or delete the preceding character in the active cell as you edit cell contents

75 DELETE Delete the character to the right of the insertion point, or delete the selection

76 CTRL+DELETE Delete text to the end of the line

77 F7 Display the Spelling dialog box

78 SHIFT+F2 Edit a cell comment

79 ENTER Complete a cell entry and select the next cell below

80 CTRL+Z Undo the last action

81 ESC Cancel a cell entry

82 CTRL+SHIFT+Z When the AutoCorrect Smart Tags is displayed, undo or redo the last automatic correction

83 CTRL+C Copy the selected cells

84 CTRL+X Cut the selected cells

85 CTRL+V Paste copied cells

86 DELETE Clear the contents of the selected cells

87 CTRL+- Delete the selected cells

88 CTRL+SHIFT++ Insert blank cells

Shortcuts to format Excel data

89 ALT+' Display the Style dialog box

90 CTRL+1 Display the Format Cells dialog box

91 CTRL+SHIFT+~ Apply the General number format

92 CTRL+SHIFT+$ Apply the Currency format with two decimal places (negative numbers in parentheses)

93 CTRL+SHIFT+% Apply the Percentage format with no decimal places

94 CTRL+SHIFT+^ Apply the Exponential number format with two decimal places

95 CTRL+SHIFT+# Apply the Date format with the day, month, and year

96 CTRL+SHIFT+@ Apply the Time format with the hour and minute, and AM or PM

97 CTRL+SHIFT+! Apply the Number format with two decimal places, thousands
separator, and minus sign (–) for negative values
98 CTRL+B Apply or remove bold formatting

99 CTRL+I Apply or remove italic formatting

100 CTRL+U Apply or remove underlining

101 CTRL+5 Apply or remove strikethrough

102 CTRL+9 Hide the selected rows

103 CTRL+SHIFT+( Unhide any hidden rows within the selection

104 CTRL+0 Hide the selected columns

105 CTRL+SHIFT+) Unhide any hidden columns within the selection

106 CTRL+SHIFT+& Apply the outline border to the selected cells

107 CTRL+SHIFT+_ Remove the outline border from the selected cells


Excel Help Task Pane Shortcuts

108 F1 Display the Help task pane

109 F6 Switch between the Help task pane and the active application

110 TAB Select the next item in the Help task pane

111 SHIFT+TAB Select the previous item in the Help task pane

112 ENTER Perform the action for the selected item

113 ARROW DOWN, ARROW UP In a Table of Contents, select the next and previous item, respectively

114 ARROW RIGHT, ARROW LEFT In a Table of Contents, expand and collapse the selected item, respectively

115 ALT+ARROW LEFT Move back to the previous task Pane

116 ALT+ARROW RIGHT Move forward to the next task Pane

117 CTRL+SPACEBAR Open the menu of Pane options

118 CTRL+F1 Close and reopen the current task pane

119 ARROW RIGHT Expand a +/- list

120 ARROW LEFT Collapse a +/- list

Excel Shortcuts for the Help window

121 TAB Select the next hidden text or hyperlink, or Show All or Hide All at the top of a topic

122 SHIFT+TAB Select the previous hidden text or hyperlink, or the Browser View button at the top of a Microsoft Office Web site article

123 ENTER Perform the action for the selected Show All, Hide All, hidden text,
or hyperlink

124 ALT+ARROW LEFT Move back to the previous Help topic.

125 ALT+ARROW RIGHT Move forward to the next Help topic

126 CTRL+P Print the current Help topic

127 ARROW UP, ARROW DOWN Scroll small amounts up and down, respectively, within the currently-displayed Help topic

128 PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN Scroll larger amounts up and down, respectively, within the currently-displayed Help topic

129 ALT+U Change whether the Help window appears connected to (tiled) or separate from (untiled) the active application

130 SHIFT+F10 Display a menu of commands for the Help window; requires that the Help window have active focus (click an item in the Help window)

Shortcuts to access and use task panes

131 F6 Move to a task pane

132 CTRL+TAB When a menu or toolbar is active, move to a task pane. (You
may need to press CTRL+TAB more than once.)

133 TAB or SHIFT+TAB When a task pane is active, select the next or
previous option in the task pane

134 CTRL+SPACEBAR Display the full set of commands on the task pane menu

135 ARROW DOWN or ARROW UP Move among choices in a selected submenu; move among certain options in a group of options

136 SPACEBAR or ENTER Open the selected menu, or perform the action assigned to the selected button

137 SHIFT+F10 Open a shortcut menu open a drop-down menu for the selected gallery item

138 HOME or END When a menu or submenu is visible, select the first or last command on the menu or submenu
139 PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN Scroll up or down in the selected gallery list

140 CTRL+HOME or CTRL+END Move to the top or bottom of the selected gallery list

Access and use menus and toolbars with Shortcuts in Excel

141 F10 or ALT Select the menu bar or close an open menu and submenu at the same time

142 TAB or SHIFT+TAB When a toolbar is selected, select the next or previous button or menu on the toolbar

143 CTRL+TAB or CTRL+SHIFT+TAB When a toolbar is selected, select the next or previous toolbar

144 ENTER Open the selected menu, or perform the action for the selected button or command

145 SHIFT+F10 Display the shortcut menu for the selected item

146 ALT+SPACEBAR Display the Control menu for the Excel window

147 ARROW DOWN or ARROW UP When a menu or submenu is open, select the next or previous command

148 ARROW LEFT or ARROW RIGHT Select the menu to the left or right. When a submenu is open, switch between the main menu and the submenu
149 HOME or END Select the first or last command on the menu or submenu

150 ESC Close an open menu. When a submenu is open, close only the submenu

151 CTRL+ARROW DOWN Display the full set of commands on a menu

152 CTRL+7 Show or hide the Standard toolbar

Use Excel dialog boxes with Shortcuts

153 TAB Move to the next option or option group

154 SHIFT+TAB Move to the previous option or option group

155 CTRL+TAB or CTRL+PAGE DOWN Switch to the next tab in a dialog box

156 CTRL+SHIFT+TAB or CTRL+PAGE UP Switch to the previous tab in a dialog box

157 ARROW KEYS Move between options in an open drop-down list, or between
options in a group of options

158 SPACEBAR Perform the action for the selected button, or select or
clear the selected check box

159 ALT+LETTER Select an option, or select or clear a check box of underlined LETTER option

160 ALT+ARROW DOWN Open the selected drop-down list

161 ENTER Perform the action for the default command button in the dialog box (the button with the bold outline, often the OK button)

162 ESC Cancel the command and close the dialog box

Working with Excel edit boxes within dialog boxes

163 HOME Move to the beginning of the entry

164 END Move to the end of the entry

165 ARROW LEFT or ARROW RIGHT Move one character to the left or right

166 CTRL+ARROW LEFT Move one word to the left

167 CTRL+ARROW RIGHT Move one word to the right

168 SHIFT+ARROW LEFT Select or unselect one character to the left

169 SHIFT+ARROW RIGHT Select or unselect one character to the right

170 CTRL+SHIFT+ARROW LEFT Select or unselect one word to the left

171 CTRL+SHIFT+ARROW RIGHT Select or unselect one word to the right

172 SHIFT+HOME Select from the insertion point to the beginning of the entry

173 SHIFT+END Select from the insertion point to the end of the entry

Use the Open, Save As, and Insert Picture dialog boxes

174 ALT+1 Go to the previous folder

175 ALT+2 Up One Level button: open the folder up one level above the open
folder

176 ALT+3 Search the Web button: close the dialog box and open your Web search
page

177 ALT+4 Delete button: delete the selected folder or file

178 ALT+5 Create New Folder button: create a new folder

179 ALT+6 Views button: switch among available folder views

180 ALT+7 or ALT+L Tools button: show the Tools menu

181 SHIFT+F10 Display a shortcut menu for a selected item such as a folder
or file

182 TAB Move between options or areas in the dialog box

183 F4 or ALT+I Open the Look in list

184 F5 Refresh the file list

Keys for workbooks and worksheets

185 CTRL+P or CTRL+SHIFT+F12 Display the Print dialog box

186 SHIFT+F11 or ALT+SHIFT+F1 Insert a new worksheet

187 CTRL+PAGE DOWN Move to the next sheet in the workbook

188 CTRL+PAGE UP Move to the previous sheet in the workbook

189 SHIFT+CTRL+PAGE DOWN Select the current and next sheet. To cancel
selection of multiple sheets, press CTRL+PAGE DOWN or, to select a different sheet,
press CTRL+PAGE UP

190 SHIFT+CTRL+PAGE UP Select the current and previous sheet

191 ALT+O H R Rename the current sheet (Format menu, Sheet submenu, rename)

192 ALT+E M Move or copy the current sheet (Edit menu, Move or Copy
Sheet command)
193 ALT+E L Delete the current sheet (Edit menu, Delete Sheet command)

194 ARROW KEYS Move one cell up, down, left, or right

195 CTRL+ARROW KEYS Move to the edge of the current data region

196 HOME Move to the beginning of the row

197 CTRL+HOME Move to the beginning of the worksheet

198 CTRL+END Move to the last cell on the worksheet, in the bottom-most
used row of the rightmost used column
199 PAGE DOWN Move down one screen

200 PAGE UP Move up one screen

201 ALT+PAGE DOWN Move one screen to the right

202 ALT+PAGE UP Move one screen to the left

203 F6 Switch to the next pane in a worksheet that has been split (Window
menu, Split command)

204 SHIFT+F6 Switch to the previous pane in a worksheet that has been
split

205 CTRL+BACKSPACE Scroll to display the active cell

206 F5 Display the Go To dialog box

207 SHIFT+F5 Display the Find dialog box

208 SHIFT+F4 Repeat the last Find action (same as Find Next)

209 TAB Move between unlocked cells on a protected worksheet



Excel Shortkeys to move within a selected range

210 ENTER Move from top to bottom within the selected range

211 SHIFT+ENTER Move from bottom to top within the selected range

212 TAB Move from left to right within the selected range. If cells in a
single column are selected, move down

213 SHIFT+TAB Move from right to left within the selected range. If cells
in a single column are selected, move up

214 CTRL+PERIOD Move clockwise to the next corner of the selected range

215 CTRL+ALT+ARROW RIGHT In nonadjacent selections, switch to the next
selection to the right

216 CTRL+ALT+ARROW LEFT Switch to the next nonadjacent selection to the left



Use the Border tab in the Format Cells dialog box

217 CTRL+1 display this dialog box

218 ALT+T Apply or remove the top border

219 ALT+B Apply or remove the bottom border

220 ALT+L Apply or remove the left border

221 ALT+R Apply or remove the right border

222 ALT+H If cells in multiple rows are selected, apply or remove the
horizontal divider

223 ALT+V If cells in multiple columns are selected, apply or remove the
vertical divider

224 ALT+D Apply or remove the downward diagonal border

225 ALT+U Apply or remove the upward diagonal border



Working with the AutoFilter

226 ALT+ARROW DOWN In the cell that contains the drop-ARROW DOWN, displays the AutoFilter list for the current column

227 ALT+ARROW UP Closes the AutoFilter list for the current column

228 ARROW DOWN Selects the next item in the AutoFilter list

229 ARROW UP Selects the previous item in the AutoFilter list

230 HOME Selects the first item (All) in the AutoFilter list

231 END Selects the last item in the AutoFilter list

232 ENTER Filters the range based on the item selected from the AutoFilter list

Show, hide, and outline data

233 ALT+SHIFT+ARROW RIGHT Groups rows or columns

234 ALT+SHIFT+ARROW LEFT Ungroups rows or columns

235 CTRL+8 Displays or hides the outline symbols

236 CTRL+9 Hides the selected rows

237 CTRL+SHIFT+( Unhides any hidden rows within the selection

238 CTRL+0 Hides the selected columns

239 CTRL+SHIFT+) Unhides any hidden columns within the selection

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