Computer Tip: Microsoft Excel Shortcut Keys

Microsoft Office Excel (MS Excel) is one of the most useful computer office software used for variety of tasks, including tabulation of data, analysis and manipulation of data to deduce useable information, and data reporting like charts and graphs.

In this tutorial, you will find some shortcuts keys for working with Excel. Its significantly faster to use Excel when you don’t have to always click the mouse.

SHORTCUT KEYS	ACTION
Ctrl+A	Select All
Ctrl+B	Bold
Ctrl+C	Copy
Ctrl+D	Fill Down / Duplicate Cell
Ctrl+F	Find
Ctrl+G	Goto
Ctrl+H	Replace
Ctrl+I	Italic
Ctrl+K	Insert Hyperlink
Ctrl+N	New Workbook
Ctrl+O	Open
Ctrl+P	Print
Ctrl+R	Fill Right / Duplicate Right
Ctrl+S	Save
Ctrl+U	Underline
Ctrl+V	Paste
Ctrl W	Close
Ctrl+X	Cut
Ctrl+Y	Repeat
Ctrl+Z	Undo
F1	Help
F2	Edit Cell
F3	Paste Name
F4	Repeat last action
F4	While typing a formula, switch between absolute/relative cells refs
F5	Goto
F7	Spell check
F8	Extend selection mode
F10	Activate Menubar
F11	New Chart
F12	Save As
Ctrl+Shift+:	Insert Current Time
Ctrl+;	Insert Current Date
Ctrl+shift+"	Copy Value from Cell Above
Ctrl+’	Copy Formula from Cell Above
Shift+F2	Insert / Edit cell comment
Shift+F3	Insert function
Shift+F5	Find Next
Shift+F8	Add to selection mode
Shift+F10	Display Right-Click menu
Shift+F11	New worksheet
Shift+F12	Save
Ctrl+F3	Define name
Ctrl+F4	Close
Ctrl+F5	Restore window size
Ctrl+F6	Next workbook window
Shift+Ctrl+F6	Previous workbook window
Ctrl+F7	Move window
Ctrl+F8	Resize window
Ctrl+F9	Minimize workbook
Ctrl+F10	Maximize or restore window
Ctrl+F11	Inset 4.0 Macro sheet
Ctrl+F12	File Open
Alt+F1	Insert Chart
Alt+F2	Save As
Alt+F4	Exit
Alt+F8	Macro dialog box
Alt+F11	Visual Basic Editor
Ctrl+Shift+F3	Create name by using names of row and   column labels
Ctrl+Shift+F6	Previous Window
Ctrl+Shift+F12	Print
Alt+Shift+F1	New worksheet
Alt+Shift+F2	Save
Alt+=	AutoSum
Ctrl+`	Toggle Value/Formula display
Ctrl+Shift+~	General format
Ctrl+Shift+!	Comma format
Ctrl+Shift+@	Time format
Ctrl+Shift+#	Date format
Ctrl+Shift+$	Currency format
Ctrl+Shift+%	Percent format
Ctrl+Shift+^	Exponential format
Ctrl+Shift+&	Place outline border around selected cells
Ctrl+Shift+_	Remove outline border
Ctrl+Shift+*	Select current region
Ctrl+-	Delete cell
Ctrl+1	Format cells dialog box
Ctrl+2	Bold
Ctrl+3	Italic
Ctrl+4	Underline
Ctrl+5	Strikethrough
Ctrl+6	Show/Hide objects
Ctrl+7	Show/Hide Standard toolbar
Ctrl+8	Toggle Outline symbols
Ctrl+9	Hide rows
Ctrl+0	Hide columns
Ctrl+Shift+(	Unhide rows
Ctrl+Shift+)	Unhide columns
Alt or F10	Activate the menu
Ctrl+Tab	In toolbar: next toolbar
Shift+Ctrl+Tab	In toolbar: previous toolbar
Ctrl+Tab	In a workbook: activate next workbook
Shift+Ctrl+Tab	In a workbook: activate previous workbook
Tab	Next tool
Shift+Tab	Previous tool
Enter	Do the command
Shift+Ctrl+F	Font Drop Down List
Shift+Ctrl+F+F	Font tab of Format Cell Dialog box
Shift+Ctrl+P	Font Format