Excel Tips & Shortcuts

Navigate cells Up, down, left, right Right Start of worksheet End of worksheet Start of row End of row Up/down one screen Select Range of cells Column Row Entire worksheet Work in a range Select current range Move to range border Move up Move down Move right Move left Jump to corner Enter data/formula in all selected cells Standard actions Save Print New workbook Open Copy Cut Paste Ctrl + S Ctrl + P Ctrl + N Ctrl + O Ctrl + C Ctrl + X Enter, or Ctrl + V Ctrl + * Ctrl + , , , Enter Shift + Enter Tab Shift + Tab Ctrl + . (period) Ctrl + Enter Shift + move1 Ctrl + space Shift + space Ctrl + A Navigate workbooks Go to next workbook Previous Worksheet Next Worksheet Ctrl + F6 Ctrl + Page Up Ctrl + Page Down
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Complete actions quickly Tab Ctrl + Home Ctrl + End Home End, Enter Page Up/ Down Repeat last action Todays date Line break in cell F4 Ctrl + ; (semi-colon) Alt + Enter

Format characters Bold Italic Underline Ctrl + B Ctrl + I Ctrl + U

Work with dialog boxes OK (or highlighted button) Cancel Move to next option Switch focus to worksheet Enter Esc Tab F6

Copy data from adjoining cells Fill down Fill right Copy formula from above Copy value from above Ctrl + D Ctrl + R Ctrl + ' Ctrl + "

Custom Number Formats 1. Select cells to be rounded 2. Choose FormatCellsNumber tab 3. Select Custom Category 4. In the Type box, type a format, e.g.: Format Number Becomes #, 54,223 54 XY000 123 XY123

As described in Navigate Cells section

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