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Excel’s keyboard shortcuts
Learn some of the most useful keyboard combinations in Excel,
and navigate through your worksheets with ease
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Basic shortcuts
Extend
Alt & E & S Shift & Arrow
Paste current cell
Special Press Press Press selection by Hold Press
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Extend the
selection to Ctrl & Shift & Arrow Switch the Alt & Tab
the last non- window
Hold Hold Press Press Press
blank cell
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Select an area of cells
Extend the
selection to Ctrl & Shift & Arrow Select a Ctrl & Spacebar
the last non- column
blank cell Hold Hold Press Hold Press
Extend the
Ctrl & A
selection Shift & PgUp Select the
upwards (one entire sheet Hold Press
Hold Press
screen)
Extend the
selection Shift & PgDn Alt & ;
Select visible
downwards Hold Press
cells only Hold Press
(one screen)
Extend the
Shift & Home Ctrl & Shift & O
selection to Select cells
the beginning Hold Press with comments Hold Hold Press
of the row
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Data entry
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“Ctrl” shortcuts
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The power of the “Alt” key
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Each of the tabs, has its “own” letter (for ex. the letter corresponding to the “Home” tab is
“H”)
One or two letters (or a number) are assigned to each button within the tabs
We are able to form many shortcuts using the “Alt” button. The ones that we use very
frequently are rapidly memorized by our brain and we become much, much quicker in
carrying out routine tasks (which is fundamental for solid Excel users)
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Combinations generated with “Alt”
Alt & H & AL/AC/AR Merge & Alt & H & M & C
Align text
Press Press Press Center Press Press Press Press
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“Paste Special” shortcuts
Alt + E + S
“Paste Special”
Paste Alt & E & S & V Paste Alt & E & S & F
Special Special
Press Press Press Press Press Press Press Press
Values Formulas
Paste Paste
Alt & E & S & T Alt & E & S & R
Special Special
Formats Press Press Press Press Formulas and Press Press Press Press
number formats
Multiply by a Alt & E & S & M Divide by a Alt & E & S & I
copied cell Press Press Press Press
copied cell Press Press Press Press
Paste
Alt & E & S & E Alt & E & S & W
Transpose Special
Press Press Press Press Column Press Press Press Press
width
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Other shortcuts
Left Right
Ungroup Alt & Shift & Arrow Group Alt & Shift & arrow
rows/columns Hold Hold Press Rows/columns Hold Hold Press
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Logical operators and Grouping of sheets
Logical operators
= > <
Equal to Greater than Less than
Grouping of sheets
You can group worksheets, if you would like to edit multiple worksheets at the same time. When two or more sheets are
grouped, every action that is carried on one of them is carried out at the other as well
In order to exit Group mode, you need to go to a sheet which was not included in the
Grouping. The “[Group]” sign at the top of the workbook will immediately disappear
Please, use this functionality very carefully! It is possible to forget that you are still operating under
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“Group” mode. Be careful not to do that.
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