Learning a Few Shortcuts

Windows + R Excel

Shortcut
1.1 Expand all columns Alt + O + C + A
OR
Auto fit column Width Alt + H + O + I

1.2 Expand all Rows Alt + O + R + A

OR
AutoFit row width A+H+O+A

2 Merge and Center

3 Copy and Paste Special Paste Special

Copy Ctrl + C Alt + E + S + V + Enter
Paste Ctrl + V Alt + E + S + F + Enter
Copy Alt + E + S + T + Enter
Copy Alt + E + S + L
Alt + E + S + E + Enter

How to Transpose Data with Links

4 Repeat above cell Ctrl + D

5 Sum Alt + =

6 Freeze Panes Alt + W + F + F

7 Show numbers in decimals, accounting format Alt + H + K

Remove decimals Alt + H + 9

11 Remove Gridlines Alt + W + V + G

 Alternate shortcut
Values Alt + H + V + S + V
Formula Alt + H + V + S + F
Formats Alt + H + V + S + T
Paste Links DO NOT PRESS ENTER Alt + H + V + S + L
Transpose Alt + H + V + S + E

anspose Data with Links

ate shortcut
Alt + Ctrl + V + V
Alt + Ctrl + V + F
Alt + Ctrl + V + T
Alt + Ctrl + V + L
Alt + Ctrl + V + E
Filter Shift + F11

Shortcut Alt + D + F + F
Alt + A + T
Ctrl + Shift + L
new worksheet
 Learning a Few Shortcuts Windows + R Excel

1 Ctrl + Space Select Column If you do merge and center and th

2 Shift + Space Select Row

3 Select All

1. If you are in a data table (Ctrl + A) x 2

2. If you are in an independent cell (Ctrl + A) x 1
3. Ctrl + Space, Shift + Space When "A" is not working

4 Add columns Ctrl + Space & Ctrl + "+"

Add Rows Shift + Space & Ctrl + "+"
Delete columns Ctrl + Space & Ctrl + "-"
Delete Rows Shift + Space & Ctrl + "-"

5 Hide Rows Ctrl + 9

6 Hide Columns Ctrl + 0

7 Group Rows Shift Space to Select rows

Shift Up or Down
Alt + Shift + Right You get that grouping bracket on the lef
Hide Them Ctrl + 9
Unhide Rows Ctrl + Shift + 9 OR Ctrl + (

8 Ungroup Rows Shift Space to Select rows

Shift Up or Down
Alt + Shift + Left

9 Borders Right Alt + H + B + R

Left Alt + H + B + L
Top Alt + H + B + P
Bottom Alt + H + B + O
No Border Alt + H + B + N

10 Go to the Topmost Leftmost cell Ctrl + Home

 Shift + F11 for a new workbook

If you do merge and center and then do Ctrl + Space , then all columns get selected and not just one column

et that grouping bracket on the left

Ctrl Shortcuts

Shortcut Use Alternate shortcut

Ctrl + A Select All
Ctrl + B Bold Ctrl + 2
Ctrl + C Copy
Ctrl + D Copy Above Cell Ctrl + '
Ctrl + E Flash Fill
Ctrl + F Find
Ctrl + G Go To
Ctrl + H Find and Replace
Ctrl + I Italics Ctrl + 3
Ctrl + J Unassigned
Ctrl + K Hyperlink
Ctrl + L Create Table
Ctrl + M Unassigned
Ctrl + N New Excel Workbook
Ctrl + O Open Excel Workbook
Ctrl + P Print
Ctrl + Q Quick Analysis
Ctrl + R Fill Right
Ctrl + S Save
Ctrl + T Table
Ctrl + U Underline Ctrl + 4
Ctrl + V Paste
Ctrl + W Close Workbook
Ctrl + X Cut
Ctrl + Y Redo
Ctrl + Z Undo

Ctrl + 1 Format Cells Dialog Box negative brackets

Ctrl + 2 Bold
Ctrl + 3 Italics
Ctrl + 4 Underline
Ctrl + 5 Strikethrough text
Ctrl + 6 Hides and shows hidden objects
Ctrl + 7 Hides and shows hidden toolbar
Ctrl + 8 Toggles outline symbols
Ctrl + 9 Hides Rows
Ctrl + 0 Hides Columns

Ctrl + ~ i.e.
Ctrl + ! i.e. Ctrl + Shift + 1
Ctrl + @ i.e. Ctrl + Shift + 2
Ctrl + # i.e. Ctrl + Shift + 3
Ctrl + $ i.e. Ctrl + Shift + 4
Ctrl + % i.e. Ctrl + Shift + 5
Ctrl + ^ i.e. Ctrl + Shift + 6
Ctrl + & i.e. Ctrl + Shift + 7
Ctrl + * i.e. Ctrl + Shift + 8
Ctrl + ( i.e. Ctrl + Shift + 9
Ctrl + ) i.e. Ctrl + Shift + 0
 Alternate shortcut
Ctrl + Q

Used with Ctrl + H to Find Line Breaks

Switches between Excel formulas or their values

Time Formatting 10%

Date Formatting 31-Mar-21
Currency Formatting 31-Mar-22
Percentage Formatting
Exponential Formatting
Border
Selects the current region around the active cell
Unhide Rows
Unhide Columns
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 For Sheets

1 Ctrl + Pg. Up & Ctrl + Pg Down Toggle Between Sheets

2 Shift + F11 New Sheet
3 Alt + H + O + R Rename Sheet
4 Alt + H + O + T Tab Colour
5 Alt + E + L Delete Sheet
6 Alt + E + M Move or Copy Sheet
7 Alt + H + O + U + S Hide Sheet
8 Alt + H + O + U + H Unhide Sheet
Using the Shift

Shortcut Use Alternate Shortcut

Shift + F1 Nothing
Shift + F2 Add a comment
Shift + F3 Insert Function Directly start using "="
Shift + F5 Find and Replace
Shift + F6 Move to previous pane Alt
Shift + F7 Opens the Research Task Pane
Shift + F8 Add to Selection
Shift + F9 Refreshes function on active sheet.
Shift + F10 Right Click useful if no right click in keyboard
Shift + F11 New Sheet
Shift + F12 Save current workbook