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Keys Purpose
General Shortcuts
Windows + E Open File Explorer
Windows + [Number] Opens program from taskbar of that number counted from left
Windows + D Go to Desk
Windows + L Lock Windows
Alt + Tab Move around different Files
Ctrl + Shift + N Create a New Folder
Shift + F10 Right Click
Alt + D Go to Address Bar in File Explorer
Alt + F4 Close All Files (say all the excel files that are open) / Shut down
Ctrl + W Close a particular file (Say one excel file out of 4 that are open)
Excel Shorcuts
Basics
Ctrl + C Copy
Ctrl + X Cut
Ctrl + V Paste
Ctrl + Alt + V Paste Special
Ctrl + A Select All
Ctrl + Z Undo
Ctrl + Y Redo
Ctrl + U Underline
Ctrl + B Bold
Ctrl + I Italics
Ctrl + F Find
Ctrl +H Find and Replace
F2 Select and edit the particular cell (Avoiding the use of mouse)
Repeat last action. For example, if you changed the color of text in another cell, pressing
F4
F4 will change the text in cell to the same color.
F5 Go to a specific cell. For example, C6.
Ctrl + [ Go to the cell that is presentin the formula
Alt + Down Arrow Open the dropdown list
Spacebar Select items of Dropdown list in filter
F5 Enter Returns back to the original cell
F7 Spell check selected text or document.
Ctrl + Shift + ; Enter the current Time
Ctrl + ; Enter the current Date
While typing text in a cell, pressing Alt+Enter will move to the next line, allowing for
Alt + Enter
multiple lines of text in one cell.
Ctrl + Space Select Entire Column
Shift + Space Select Entire Row
Alt + I + R / Select Entire Row
Insert row before a particular row
and Press "Ctrl +"
Alt + I + C / Select Entire
Insert column before a particular column
Column and Press "Ctrl +"
Select Entire Column(s) and
Delete Column(s)
Press "Ctrl -"
Keys Purpose
Select Entire Row(s) and Press
Delete Row(s)
"Ctrl -"
Fill down. Fills the cell beneath with the contents of the selected cell. To fill more than
Ctrl + D one cell, select the source cell and press Ctrl+Shift+Down to select multiple cells. Then
press Ctrl+D to fill them with the contents of the original cell.
Alt + ; Select only visible cells in filter
Fill right. Fills the cell to the right with the contents of the selected cell. To fill more than
Ctrl + R one cell, select the source cell and press Ctrl+Shift+Right to select multiple cells. Then
press Ctrl+R to fill them with the contents of the original cell.
Ctrl + Shift + L Select the data and apply filter
Fromatting
Ctrl + Shift + ~ Apply General formatting
Ctrl + Shift + % Apply Percentage formatting
Ctrl + 1 Open Format cells dialog box
Ctrl + Shift + & Border the selected cell
Ctrl + Shift + _ Remove Border from the selected cell
Alt → O → C → A Autofit Column Width
Alt → O → R → A Autofit Row Width
Alt → H → M → M Merge Cells
Alt → H → M → C Merge Cells and Center Align
Alt → H → M → U Unmerge Cells
Alt → H → W Wrap Text
Alt → H → A → L Align Left
Alt → H → A → C Align Center
Alt → H → A → R Align Right
Alt → H → A → M Align Middle
Alt → H → F → F Change the Font Style
Alt → H → F → S Change the Font Size
Alt → H → F → C Change the Font Color
Alt → H → H Cell Color
Alt → H → H → N No Fill in Cell Color
Alt → H → F → P Format Painter
Ctrl + 1 Format Cell Dialogue Box
Alt → H → K Comma Separted Numbers with Two Deimals (i.e. 10,000)
Alt → H → 9 Hide one decimal
Alt → H → 0 Unhide decimal
Ctrl + Shift + 3 Change Date Format to type "05-Sep-2017"
Ctrl + Shift + 5 Percentage Format
Note: The above Alt shortcuts are the ones that are majorly used. However, Alt key can be used to do any other excel function.
You can remember the formula as per your requirement.