Microsoft Excel is widely used in organizations for various purposes and it is most important in the office. Microsoft created Excel back in 1985 as a spreadsheet. Today, it is one of the most widely used business application software. In this post I will share Keyboard Shortcut in MS Excel, you will find 100 plus keyboard shortcut keys for Microsoft excel.
Keyboard shortcuts are a very efficient way to work in Excel. There are a few thousand keyboard shortcuts in Excel 2013, and that number grows over time as Microsoft adds more functionality to the program. For example, when the Office ribbon is displayed, a complete set of shortcut keys is displayed along with the ribbon itself, and you can see what each keystroke does by looking at the ScreenTips that appear as you roll over each button.
You can use shortcut keys in Microsoft Excel to save time. For example, the keystroke Ctrl+C copies the content of the selected cell to the clipboard. There are a few thousand keyboard shortcuts in Excel 2013, and that number grows over time as Microsoft adds more functionality to the program.
There are a few thousand keyboard shortcuts in Microsoft Excel 2013, and that number grows over time as Microsoft adds more functionality to the program. You can use shortcut keys in Microsoft Excel to save time. For example, the keystroke Ctrl+C copies the content of the selected cell to the clipboard.
Similarly, the keystroke Ctrl+V pastes the content of the clipboard into the selected cell. Another useful shortcut is Ctrl+Z, which undoes your last action. If you accidentally delete something, you can press Ctrl+Y to redo it.
These are just a few of the many useful shortcuts available in Microsoft Excel. Learning them can save you a lot of time and effort when working with spreadsheets.
Some of the important shortcut keys for MS Excel are:
Ctrl + C: To copy the selected cell’s content to Clipboard. Ctrl + V: To paste content from Clipboard into selected cells. Ctrl + X: To cut selected cells’ contents and move them to Clipboard. Alt + Enter: To insert a new line character in a cell without moving to another cell.
Keyboard shortcut in MS Excel
- CTRL+A ➡️Select All
- CTRL+C ➡️Copy all Cells in Highlighted Area
- CTRL+V ➡️Paste Copied Data
- CTRL+B ➡️Bold all Cells in Highlighted Area
- CTRL+D ➡️Fills the content of an upper cell in the selected cell. (i.e. Ctrl+ Down)
- CTRL+R ➡️Fill Content of the right cell in the selected cell. (ie. Ctrl+ Right)
- CTRL+U ➡️Underline content in selected cells
- CTRL+P ➡️Print
- CTRL+F ➡️Find in Current Sheet (Opens Dialog Box)
- CTRL+G ➡️Open the “Go to” dialog box (Go to any area, cells, or named range)
- CTRL+H ➡️Opens the Find & Replace dialog box
- CTRL+I ➡️Change text /Content format in selected cells into italic
- CTRL+K ➡️Opens the “Insert Hyperlink” dialog Box (Insert hyperlink)
- CTRL+S ➡️Saves the open workbook
- CTRL+W ➡️Closes current workbook
- CTRL+X ➡️Cuts all cells in the selected area/section
- CTRL+Y ➡️Repeats the last entry/action performed
- CTRL+Z ➡️Undo last entry/action performed
- CTRL+1 ➡️Change cells format (Opens Format Cells dialog box
- Ctrl+2 ➡️Bolds all cells in the highlighted section.
- Ctrl+3 ➡️Puts italics on all cells in the highlighted section.
- Ctrl+4 ➡️Underlines all cells in the highlighted section.
- Ctrl+5 ➡️Puts a strikethrough all cells in the highlighted rl+5: section.
- Ctri+6 ➡️Shows or hides objects.
- Ctrl+7 ➡️Shows or hides the toolbar.
- Ctrl+8 ➡️Toggles the outline symbols.
- Ctrl+9 ➡️Hides rows.
- Ctrl+0 ➡️Hides columns.
- Ctrl+Shift+: ➡️Enters the current time.
- Ctrl+; ➡️Enters the current date.
- Ctri+ ➡️Changes between displaying cell values or formulas in the worksheet.
- Ctrl+ ➡️Copies a formula from the cell above.
- Ctrl+Shift+” ➡️Copies value from cell above.
- Ctrl+- ➡️Deletes the selected column or row.
- Ctrl+Shift+= ➡️Inserts anew column or row.
- Ctrl+Shift+~ ➡️Switches between showing Excel formulas or their values in cells.
- Ctrl+Shift+@ ➡️Applies time formatting.
- Ctrl+Shift+! ➡️Applies comma formatting.
- Ctrl+Shift+$ ➡️Applies currency formatting.
- Ctrl+Shift+# ➡️Applies date formatting.
- Ctrl+Shift+% ➡️Applies percentage formatting.
- Ctrl+Shift+* ➡️Applies exponential formatting.
- Ctrl+Shift+* ➡️Selects the current region around the active cell.
- Ctrl+Shift+& ➡️Places border around selected cells.
- Ctrl+Shift+_ ➡️Removes a border.
- Ctrl++ ➡️Insert.
- Ctrl+- ➡️Delete.
- Ctrl+Shift+( ➡️Unhide rows. 49 Ctrl+Shift+) Unhide columns.
- Ctrl+/ ➡️Selects the array containing the active cell.
- Ctrl+\ ➡️Selects the cells that have a static value or don’t match the formula in the active cell.
- Ctrl+[ ➡️Selects all cells referenced by formulas in the highlighted section.
- Ctrl+] ➡️Selects cells that contain formulas that reference the active cell.
- Ctrl+Shift+{ ➡️Selects all cells directly or indirectly referenced by formulas in the highlighted section.
- Ctrl+Shift+} ➡️Selects cells that contain formulas that directly or indirectly reference the active cell.
- Ctrl+Shift+| (pipe) ➡️Selects the cells within a column that don’t match the formula or static value in the active cell.
- Ctrl+Enter ➡️Fills the selected cells with the current entry.
- Ctrl+Spacebar ➡️Selects the entire column.
- Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar ➡️Selects the entire worksheet.
- Ctrl+Home ➡️Move to cell Al.
- Ctrl+End ➡️Move to the last cell on the worksheet.
- Ctrl+Tab ➡️Move between Two or more open Excel files.
- Ctrl+Shift+Tab ➡️Activates the previous workbook.
- Ctrl+Shift+A ➡️Inserts argument names into a formula.
- Ctrl+Shift+F ➡️Opens the drop-down menu for fonts.
- Ctrl+Shift+O ➡️Selects all of the cells that contain comments.
- Ctri+Shift+P ➡️Opens the drop-down menu for the point size.
- Shift+Insert ➡️Pastes what is stored on the clipboard.
- Shift+Page Up ➡️In a single column highlights all cells above that which are selected.
- Shift+Page Down ➡️In a single column highlights all cells above that which are selected.
- Shift+Home ➡️Highlights all text to the left of the cursor.
- Shift+End ➡️Highlights all text to the right of the cursor.
- Shift+Up Arrow ➡️Extends the highlighted area up to one cell.
- Shift+Down Arrow ➡️Extends the highlighted area down one cell.
- Shift+Left Arrow ➡️Extends the highlighted area left one character.
- Shift +Right Arrow ➡️Extends the highlighted area right one character.
- Alt+Tab ➡️Cycles through applications.
- Alt+Spacebar ➡️Opens the system menu.
- Alt+Backpspace ➡️Undo.
- Alt+Enter ➡️While typing text in a cell, pressing
- Alt+Enter ➡️will move to the next line, allowing for multiple lines of text in one cell.
- Alt+= ➡️Creates a formula to sum all of the above cells.
- Alt+’ ➡️Allows formatting on a dialog box.
- FI ➡️Opens the Help menu.
- F2 ➡️Edits the selected cell.
- F3 ➡️After a name has been created, F3 will paste names.
- F4 ➡️Repeats the last action. For example, if you changed the color of the text in another cell, pressing
- F4 ➡️will change the text in the cell to the same color.
- F5 ➡️Goes to a specific cell. For example, C6.
- F6 ➡️Move to the next pane.
- F7 ➡️Spell check selected text or document.
- F8 ➡️Enters Extend Mode.
- F9 ➡️Recalculates every workbook.
- F10 ➡️Activates the menu bar.
- F11 ➡️Creates a chart from selected data.
- F12 ➡️Save as.
- Shift+F5 ➡️Brings up a search box.
- Shift+F6 ➡️Move to the previous page.
- Shift+F8 ➡️Add to selection.
- Shift+F9 ➡️Performs calculate function on the active sheet.
- Ctri+F3 ➡️Open Excel Name Manager.
- Ctri+F4 ➡️Closes current Window.
- Ctri+F5 ➡️Restores window size.
- Ctri+F6 ➡️Next workbook.
- Ctrl+Shift+F6 ➡️Previous workbook.
- Ctri+F7 ➡️Moves the window.
- Ctri+F8➡️ Resizes the window.
- Ctri+F9 ➡️Minimize current window.
- Ctri+F10 ➡️Maximize the currently selected window.
- Ctri+F11 ➡️Inserts a macro sheet.
- Ctri+F12 ➡️Opens afile.
- Ctrl+Shift+F3 ➡️Creates names by using those of either row or column labels.
- Ctri+Shift+F6 ➡️Moves to the previous worksheet window.
- Ctrl+Shift+F12 ➡️Prints the current worksheet.
- Alt+Fl ➡️Inserts a chart.
- Alt+F2 ➡️Save as.
- Alt+F4 ➡️Exits Excel.
- Alt+F8 ➡️Opens the macro dialog box.
- Alt+F11➡️Opens the Visual Basic editor.
- Alt+Shift+F1 ➡️Creates a new worksheet.
- Alt+Shift+F2 ➡️Saves the current worksheet.
