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MS Excel Short Cut

This document lists shortcut keys for Microsoft Excel. It provides shortcuts for formatting text, navigating and selecting cells, copying and pasting, inserting and deleting items, printing, calculating worksheets, displaying dialog boxes, creating charts and macros, saving files, and maximizing windows. Many shortcuts use the Ctrl, Alt, Shift, and F keys in combinations. For example, Ctrl+C copies selected cells, Ctrl+V pastes, and F2 edits the active cell.

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MS Excel Short Cut

This document lists shortcut keys for Microsoft Excel. It provides shortcuts for formatting text, navigating and selecting cells, copying and pasting, inserting and deleting items, printing, calculating worksheets, displaying dialog boxes, creating charts and macros, saving files, and maximizing windows. Many shortcuts use the Ctrl, Alt, Shift, and F keys in combinations. For example, Ctrl+C copies selected cells, Ctrl+V pastes, and F2 edits the active cell.

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Ctrl combination shortcut keys

Short Cut Description


Ctrl + 0 Hides the selected columns
Ctrl + 1 Displays 'Format Cells' dialog box
Ctrl + 2 Applies or removes bold formatting (also Ctrl + B)
Ctrl + 3 Applies or removes italic formatting (also Ctrl + I)
Ctrl + 4 Applies or removes underlining (also Ctrl + U)
Ctrl + 5 Applies or removes strikethrough
Ctrl + 6 Alternates between hiding and displaying objects
Ctrl + 8 Displays or hides the outline symbols
Ctrl + 9 Hides selected rows
Ctrl + A Selects entire worksheet
Ctrl + C Copies selected cells
Ctrl + D Uses Fill Down command to copy the contents and the format of the topmost cell of a selected
range into the cells below
Ctrl + F Displays Find and Replace dialog box, with Find tab selected
Ctrl + H Displays Find and Replace dialog box, with Replace tab selected
Ctrl + K Displays Insert Hyperlink dialog box for new hyperlinks or Edit Hyperlink dialog box for
selected existing hyperlinks
Ctrl + L Displays Create Table dialog box (also Ctrl + L)
Ctrl + N Creates a new blank workbook
Ctrl + O Displays Open dialog box to open or find a file
Ctrl + P Displays Print tab
Ctrl + R Uses Fill Right command to copy the contents and format of the leftmost cell of a selected
range into the cells to the right
Ctrl + S Saves the active file
Ctrl + V Inserts contents of Clipboard at the insertion point and replaces selection. After cut/copy.
Ctrl + W Closes selected workbook window
Ctrl + Y Repeats last command or action if possible
Ctrl + Z Uses Undo command to reverse the last command or to delete the last entry that you typed
Ctrl + ; Enters current date
Ctrl + '+' Opens Insert dialog box
Ctrl + '-' Opens Delete dialog box
Ctrl + ' Copies a formula from the cell above the active cell into the cell or the Formula Bar
Ctrl + PgUp Switches between worksheet tabs, from left-to-right
Ctrl + PgDn Switches between worksheet tabs, from right-to-left
Ctrl + Spacebar Selects current column


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Function key shortcuts
Short Cut Description
F1 Displays the Excel Help task pane
Ctrl + F1 Displays or hides the ribbon
ALT + F1 Creates an embedded chart of the data in the current range
ALT + SHIFT +
F1
Inserts a new worksheet
F2 Edits the active cell
Ctrl + F2 Displays the print preview area
F3 Displays the Paste Name dialog box
SHIFT + F3 Displays the Insert Function dialog box F4
F4 Repeats the last command or action
When a cell reference is selected in a formula,
F4 Cycles through all the various combinations of absolute and relative references
Ctrl + F4 Closes the selected workbook window
ALT + F4 Closes Microsoft Excel
F5 Displays the Go To dialog box (also Ctrl + G)
Ctrl + F5 Restores the window size of the selected workbook window
F6 Switches between the worksheet, ribbon, task pane, and Zoom controls in a worksheet that
has been split. F6 includes the split panes when switching between panes and the ribbon area
SHIFT + F6 Switches between the worksheet, Zoom controls, task pane, and ribbon
Ctrl + F6 Switches to the next workbook window when more than one workbook window is open
F7 Displays the Spelling dialog box
Ctrl + F7 Performs the Move command on the workbook window when it is not maximized.
F8 Turns extended mode on or off.
SHIFT + F8 Enables you to add a non-adjacent cell or range to a selection of cells by using the arrow keys
Ctrl + F8 Performs the Size command when a workbook is not maximized
ALT + F8 Displays the Macro dialog box
F9 Calculates worksheets in all open workbooks
SHIFT + F9 Calculates the active sheet
F10 Turns key tips on or off (same as ALT)
SHIFT + F10 Displays the shortcut menu for the selected item
Ctrl + F10 Maximizes or restores the selected workbook window
F11 Creates a chart of the data in the current range in a separate Chart sheet
SHIFT + F11 Inserts a new worksheet
ALT + F11 Opens the Microsoft Visual Basic For Applications Editor, in which you can create a macro by
using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
F12 Displays the Save As dialog box

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