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Almost everyone uses Excel in some form or fashion in the modern workforce, but
many of us may be wasting a little too much time trying to format those pesky
spreadsheets. In order to help you work a little bit faster, or maybe more
eciently, we have assembled 40 of the best Excel shortcuts that you need to
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F4 : Repeat last edit
F9 : Calculates all worksheets

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F11 : New chart

ALT : Access the ribbon for formulas
ALT + = :Automatically SUM() selected
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ALT + Enter :Start a new line in the same cell

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ALT + Enter :Start a new line in the same cell

ALT + o-c-a : Auto size columns
PG + UP/PG+DOWN : Go to next/previous worksheet
CTRL + ` :Display Formulas
CTRL+ Backspace : Show active cell
CTRL + Shift + #: Change Date format with day, month and year.
CTRL + K: To insert Hyperlink.
CTRL+ Shift + $:Applies the currency format to the selected cells.
CTRL+ Shift + & : Applies border to cells
CTRL+ B : Bold
CTRL + I : Italics
CTRL + U : Underline
CTRL+ Shift + ~ : General style number
CTRL+ Shift + $ : Currency style number
CTRL+ Shift + % : Percentage style Number

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CTRL+ Shift + ^ : Scientic notation style

CTRL+ Shift + # : Date style
CTRL+ Shift + @ : Time Style
CTRL+ Shift +! : Number Style
CTRL + F12 : Open
CTRL + Spacebar :Select the entire column
CTRL + [ : Select all cells directly referenced by formulas in the selection
CTRL + ; : Insert actual date in active cell
CTRL + : : Insert actual time in active cell
CTRL + A : Select All
CTRL + Shift + J : List Constants
CTRL + D: Copy equation down
CTRL + F : Find
CTRL + H : Find&Replace

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CTRL+ Right arrow : Move right

CTRL + Left arrow : Move left
CTRL+ Up arrow : Move up
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CTRL+ Down arrow : Move down

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CTRL + Enter :Samedata in multiple cells

Shift + Spacebar :Select the entirerow
Shift + F3 : Find Previous
Using some of these shortcuts can seem tedious at rst, but as soon as you get the
motions down, it can speed up your work pace by a lot! If we missed anything, or
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falanciomarroquino 2daysago

bestoneifalt+f4
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MartinNovk 2daysago

Ctrl+insertactualdateinactivecell
Ctrl+:insertactualtimeinactivecell
AlsoworksCtrl+thenspacethenCtrl+:andyouhaveactualdateandtimein
activecell.
ENJOY!
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Equinox adayago

PG+UP/PG+DOWN:Gotonext/previousworksheet
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ThisshouldbeCtrl+PgDn/Ctrl+PgUp
otherwiseagreatwriteup.Iknewsomeofthese,butnotallandit'slargelyhelpful

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BhaskarNSubramanian adayago

Ctrl+1:FormatCells
Ctrl+R:Copyequationright(similartoCtrl+D)

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CristinaSabinaChivu adayago

Ifyouselectanareawhereyouwanttoenterthesameinfo,thenwith
CTRL+Enter+info(afigure,aname,etc)youcanpopulateentirearea

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Cris adayago

DoyouhaveshortcutsforexcelforMac?!

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SteveSilberberg adayago

Ctrl+'copiesthecontentsofthecelldirectlyabove

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Yanoosh 2daysago

Youcaneasilynavigatethroughfunctionsusingonlykeyboardafterclickingon"?/"
button.

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lori 3daysago

hiisthereawayformetodothisinexcel?likecreatenumbersthisway
http://screencast.com/t/odcxln...butthisiswhathappens
http://screencast.com/t/XB6Rd1...

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TrevorEnglish>lori 3daysago

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HeyLori,thereareafewwaystofixthat.Tocreatenumbersinsuccession
youcantype.01inthefirstboxand.02innextbox.Thenyoushouldbeable
toselectbothboxesinthebottomrightcornerusingtheplussymbol,anddrag
theboxestothenumberoftotalboxesyouneed.Thiswillcreateacolumn
wherethenextboxisequaltotheprevious+.01.Ifthatwastoocomplicated,
thenyoucanalsowriteaformula.IfyourfirstboxisA2,theninthenextbox
(A3)typethisformula:=A2+.01.Youcanthendragthisformulaintothe
followingboxesanditwillautomaticallysnaptothepreviousbox+.01.Ihope
thishelped!

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CarlosMicaloski 3daysago

Ctrl+Alt+V:PasteSpecialMyfavorite!!

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sudeepjd>CarlosMicaloski 4hoursago

IactuallystickwiththeExcel2003ShortcutAlt+E,SforthePasteSpecial.
FinditdifficulthittingtheVwiththefingerposition.:)

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JakeAshmore 3daysago

shift+spaceselectstheentirerow,notcolumn.

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ThomasJungbluth 5daysago

It'sCTRLandPGUP/DNforchangingbetweensheetsinanExcelmap

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ThomasJungbluth>ThomasJungbluth 5daysago

Buthey,thankyouforthelist:)

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SusanTenney 5daysago

Here'sanotherexampleofthe=SUMfunction.IhaveasheetofingredientsthatI've
addedupanddividedintoservings=SUM(I50/64).ThisisusingcellI50anddividing
itstotalinto64servings

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SusanTenney 5daysago

Youleftoutthe=SUM(A1A27)thataddsthenumbersintheselectedcolumn
Theexamplebelowisfrommycheckbook.Itsaddingdeposits,expensesintoa
remainingbalancethatcontinuesdownthespreadsheet

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GerritJanGommer>SusanTenney 4daysago

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Itwasnotaboutformulas.Itwasaboutkeyboardshortcuts.Soinsteadof
typingout"=sum(a1a27)"youcouldselectcellsa1througha27andthenhit

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typingout"=sum(a1a27)"youcouldselectcellsa1througha27andthenhit
[alt]+[=].
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