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12 Responses to “3 excel keyboard shortcuts that can save a lot of time for you”
The one to move between worksheets
Ctrl-Pgdn or Ctrl-PgUp
Select all in a row till the last entry
ctrl-shift- down arrow key
I had many, but 'use them or lose them' got the better of me 🙂
The ones I use a lot today are:
-- F2 (perhaps the most used after Ctrl-C/X/V)
-- Ctrl+ Arrow (to reach the first break/last entry in a series)
-- Ctrl+ D (to replicate contents of a cell or any drawn object)
1) Ctrl+ [ - this is awesome takes you to cells on which your reference cell is dependent. use ctrl+5 to get back
2) Alt + o, followed by c,w (or alt+o, followed by r,h), column width (row height)
3) Ctrl + spacebar (shift + spacebar) select column (row)
hehe, i love shortcuts 😀
and most important : alt+e, followed by s, t. copy format. hehehe
F5 then Special
this opens a dialog box that allows you to select specific cells, such as just all the formulas, or errors.
Great when used in confunction with other functions.
Ctrl+1 actually opens the format dialog for whatever object is selected (not just Format Cells).
F4 when you have a cell location selected in a formula
It toggles the absolute cell reference value ($)
e.g. A1 becomes $A$1 then $A1 then A$1 etc.
great for large formulas
it works
Select an Entire Range of Cells in Excel
From Kees Podt, Voorburg, Netherlands
In Excel, if you want to quickly select the entire range of cells you're working on, press CTRL+SHIFT+ ASTERISK (*).
For example, if you have a list of customers in Excel, this command will select the entire list and the column headings, but not the empty cells around the list—so you get only the cells you need.
This tip is different from the Select All command, which selects every cell in the worksheet—even the ones that you are not using.
For the F4 issue you mentioned with paste, if you paste special and then select all (or any options for that matter) you can use F4 to paste the intended value in any number of cells.
One of my favorites is CTRL+SHIFT+P which takes you straight to the Font tab in format cells. From her you can simply press e (superscript), b (subscript) or k (strikethrough) or adjust font/font size, color, etc.
Jesse,
The CTRL+SHIFT+P can be substituted by using only CTRL+1 nad toggle between required functions using arrow key. Simple na?
What is the shorcut key to increase the width of column??