Best Shortcut Keys in Microsoft Excel
Windows
- On either side of the spacebar, outside the Alt key, is a key with
the Windows logo. Holding the Windows key down and pressing another key will initiate
quite a few actions. Some of the more common are listed in the table below:
+ F
to display
Find: All Files
|
+ F1
to display
Help
|
+ R
to display the
Run
command
|
+
M
to minimize or restore all windows
|
+ E
to display
Windows Explorer
|
+ Break
to display
System Properties
|
+ Tab
to cycle through buttons on the task bar
|
Shift
+
+ M
to undo minimize all windows
|
to display the
Start
menu
|
and then press
U
to display the
Turn Off Computer
menu, press
U
again (on laptops) or press
S
(on desktops) to
Turn Off
the computer.
|
+ D to quickly get to your Desktop [Thanks Charlotte!] |
If your computer has XP installed and you want to lock your computer when you walk away from it use + L . OK, I won't leave you hanging. Your Windows password will unlock your computer.
Ctrl + S to save the current document | Ctrl + U to add/remove Underline formatting | |
Ctrl
+ 9
to hide rows in
MS Excel
(add
Shift
to the sequence to
unhide
.)
|
Ctrl
+ Tab
allows movement from one open window to the next in an application with
more than one open window.
|
Ctrl + F4
to close
a window in an application without closing the application.
|
Ctrl + Enter while in Internet Explorer - Enter only the domain name then depress Ctrl before striking Enter/Return. IE automatically fills in the complete URL for a .com address. | Ctrl + A to display the arrow in a PowerPoint show | |
Ctrl + - (Hyphen) to bring up the Delete dialog box in MS Excel | Ctrl + C + C to open the clipboard (Alex Khouri told me about this one. Thanks Alex!) |
Ctrl + 0
to hide columns
in
MS Excel
(add
Shift
to the sequence
to unhide.)
|
Ctrl + arrow (in Excel) - In a large worksheet this combination allows you to quickly move left, right, up, or down. Starting from cell A1, depressing Ctrl and pressing the right arrow moves to the cell in row 1 adjacent to the first empty cell. Ever wonder how many rows are in a worksheet? On a blank worksheet hold down the Ctrl key and press the down arrow. (Thanks to George Held for this shortcut) |
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