Microsoft Excel shortcut keys
Below is a listing of all the major shortcut keys usable in Microsoft Excel. See the computer shortcut page if you are looking for shortcut keys used in other programs.
| Shortcut | Description |
| F2 | Edit the selected cell. | |
| F3 | After a name has been created, F3 will paste names. |
| F4 | Repeat
last action. For example, if you | changed the color of text in another
cell, pressing F4 will change the text in cell to the same color.
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| F5 | Go to a specific cell. For example, C6. |
| F7 | Spell check selected text or document. |
| F11 | Create chart from selected data. |
| Ctrl + Shift + ; | Enter the current time. |
| Ctrl + ; | Enter the current date. |
| Alt + Shift + F1 | Insert New Worksheet. |
| 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. | |
| Shift + F3 | Open the Excel formula window. |
| Shift + F5 | Bring up search box. |
| Ctrl + 1 |
Open the Format Cells window. |
| Ctrl + A | Select all contents of the worksheet. |
| Ctrl + B | Bold highlighted selection. |
| Ctrl + I | Italic highlighted selection. |
| Ctrl + K | Insert link. |
| Ctrl + S |
Save the open worksheet. |
| Ctrl + U | Underline highlighted selection. |
| Ctrl + 1 | Change the format of selected cells. |
| Ctrl + 5 | Strikethrough highlighted selection. |
| Ctrl + P | Bring up the print dialog box to begin the printing process. |
| Ctrl + Z | Undo last action. |
| Ctrl + F3 | Open Excel Name Manager. |
| Ctrl + F9 | Minimize current window. |
| Ctrl + F10 | Maximize currently selected window. |
| Ctrl + F6 | Switch between open workbooks or windows. |
| Ctrl + Page up | Move between work sheets in the same document. |
| Ctrl + Page down | Move between work sheets in the same document. |
| Ctrl + Tab | Move between Two or more open Excel files. |
| Alt + = | Create a formula to sum all of the above cells. |
| Ctrl + ' | Insert the value of the above cell into the cell currently selected. |
| Ctrl + Shift + 1 | Format number in comma format. |
| Ctrl + Shift + 4 | Format number in currency format. |
| Ctrl + Shift + 3 | Format number in date format. |
| Ctrl + Shift + 5 | Format number in percentage format. |
| Ctrl + Shift + 6 | Format number in scientific format. |
| Ctrl + Shift + 2 | Format number in time format. |
| Ctrl + Arrow key | Move to next section of text. |
| Ctrl + Space | Select entire column. |
| Shift + Space | Select entire row. |
| Ctrl + - | Delete the selected column or row. |
| Ctrl + Shift + = | Insert a new column or row. |
| Ctrl + Home | Move to cell A1. |
| Ctrl + ~ | Switch between showing Excel formulas or their values in cells. | | | | |
