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Comprehensive List of Excel Keyboard Shortcuts

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Few weeks back I have invited all of you to share your excel keyboard shortcuts in a open thread. More than 50 people commented on that post and shared a hundred excel keyboard shortcuts with us. There were so many wonderful keyboard shortcuts and tricks buried in the comments section of that post. During the weekend, I spent sometime to collect all these beautiful shortcuts and arranged them neatly so that you can easily learn them. Here is the complete list of Excel Keyboard Shortcuts.

Special thanks to all the commenters on the original post. Without you I couldn’t have learned these shortcuts.

Comprehensive List of Excel Keyboard Shortcuts

Here is the complete list of excel keyboard shortcuts.

Note: I have *ed some of the most important shortcuts. These are very useful and extremely time saving ones. You may want to remember a few to boost your productivity.

Select the whole column

Selection

CTRL + SPACE

Select the whole row

Selection

SHIFT + SPACE

Select table

Selection

SHIFT + CTRL + SPACE bar

Save

Selection

CTRL + s

Select visible cells only

Selection

ALT + ;

Select entire region

Selection

CTRL + A

Select range from start cell to far left

Selection

SHIFT + Home

Select range from start cell to end in direction of arrow

Selection

SHIFT + End + arrow

Select a continuous range of data (e.g. pivot), no matter where your cursor is.

Selection

CTRL + *

Select blank cells

Selection

F5 + ALT + S + K + ENTER

Select all cells with comments

Selection

CTRL + SHIFT + O

Select all cells that are directly or indirectly referred to by formulas in the selection

Selection

CTRL + SHIFT + {

Select all cells with formulas that refer directly or indirectly to the active cell

Selection

CTRL + SHIFT + }

Selects all the way to a1 from cursor position

Selection

CTRL + SHIFT + HOME

Select cells in the direction of arrow

Selection

CTRL + SHIFT + Arrow

Previous sheet

Navigation

CTRL + Page Up

Next sheet

Navigation

CTRL + Page Down

Launch GO TO Dialog (from here you can select special or jump to a cell or range)

Navigation

F5

Go to top left (will go to top left of freezed pane if set)

Navigation

CTRL + Home

Go to last non-blank cell

Navigation

CTRL + end

Go to previous sheet

Navigation

CTRL + PgUp

Go to next sheet

Navigation

CTRL + PgDn

Print

Navigation

CTRL + p

Toggle between workbooks in a given session of excel.

Navigation

CTRL + TAB

Change the type of cell reference from relative to absolute or semi-absolute

Formulas

F4

Repeat whatever you did last

Formulas

F4

Debug portions of a formula (select and press)

Formulas

F9

Sum range

Formulas

ALT + =

Enter array formula

Formulas

CTRL + SHIFT + Enter

Select array formula range

Formulas

CTRL + /

Display range names (can be used when typing formulas)

Formulas

F3

Evaluate formulas. (its easy to remember when working with some “tuf” formulas!)

Formulas

ALT + TUF

Copy a formula from above cell and edit

Formulas

CTRL + '

Display the formula palette after you type a valid function name in a formula

Formulas

CTRL + A (while writing a formula)

Alternate between displaying cell values and displaying cell formulas

Formulas

CTRL + ` (Single Left Quotation Mark)

Calculate formulas

Formulas

F9

Select all precedent cells

Formulas

CTRL + [

Select all dependent cells

Formulas

CTRL + ]

Format Selection (cells, objects, charts)

Formatting

CTRL + 1

Bold a cell’s content

Formatting

CTRL + B

Format Painter – Paste formats from selection

Formatting

ALT + EST

Format as number with 2 dp

Formatting

CTRL + SHIFT + 1

Format as local currency

Formatting

CTRL + SHIFT + 4

Format as percentage with 0 dp

Formatting

CTRL + SHIFT + 5

Hide row

Formatting

CTRL + 9

Hide column

Formatting

CTRL + 0

Unhide row

Formatting

CTRL + SHIFT + 9

Unhide column

Formatting

CTRL + SHIFT + 0

Display the style command format menu

Formatting

ALT + '

Sets/removes strikeout in current cell

Formatting

CTRL + 5

Show/hide the top bar when you have a group

Formatting

Crtl + 8

Single border around selected cells

Formatting

CTRL + SHIFT + 7

Sort

Formatting

ALT + DS

Insert hyperlink

Formatting

CTRL + K

Freeze panes

Formatting

ALT + WFF

Remove grid lines or (alt+t)ov(alt+g)[enter]

Formatting

ALT + WVG (2007+)

To wrap lines

Formatting

ALT + HW (2007+)

Save as

Excel Options

F12

Collapse the ribbon (press again to expand)

Excel Options

CTRL + F1

Opens print preview

Excel Options

CTRL + F2

Maximize the current window

Excel Options

ALT + SPACE X

Activate next window

Excel Options

ALT + TAB

Activate previous window

Excel Options

ALT + SHIFT + TAB

Close an excel workbook

Excel Options

crtl + F4

Split screens

Excel Options

ALT + W + S

Create a pivot table in new sheet (of course after selecting the range)

Everything Else

ALT + DPF

Create a pivot table in the same sheet.

Everything Else

ALT + DPN

Show visual basic editor

Everything Else

ALT + F11

Macro dialog

Everything Else

ALT + F8

Apply/remove filter

Everything Else

ALT + DFF

Keep filter on columns, but show all rows

Everything Else

ALT + DFS

Insert pivot table

Everything Else

ALT + NVT

Turn filter on or off

Everything Else

CTRL + SHIFT + L

Paste values only

Editing

ALT + ESV

Edit a cell, place cursor at the end

Editing

F2

Show in-cell drop down with previously entered values

Editing

ALT + Down arrow

Fills down value from cell above

Editing

CTRL + D

Add a comment or Edit comment

Editing

SHIFT + F2

Insert new sheet

Editing

SHIFT + F11

Insert row

Editing

CTRL + +

Delete row

Editing

CTRL + -

Copy

Editing

CTRL + C

Paste

Editing

CTRL + V

Cut

Editing

CTRL + X

Undo

Editing

CTRL + Z

Get a line break inside the cell

Editing

ALT + Enter (while editing the cell)

Clear all contents

Editing

ALT + EAA

Copy

Editing

CTRL + insert

Paste

Editing

SHIFT + Insert

Make chart/pivot chart

Editing

F11

Edit a cell in Apple Macs

Editing

CTRL + U

Copy the value from the cell above the active cell into the cell or the formula bar

Editing

CTRL + SHIFT + "

Copies whatever is in the cell to the left of it.

Editing

CTRL + R

Delete box (cell, row, column)

Editing

ALT + ED

Insert box (cell, row, column)

Editing

ALT + IE

Enter current date

Auto Complete

CTRL + ;

Enter current time

Auto Complete

CTRL + :

Thanks to the contributors

Here is a list of people who contributed these shortcuts.

Vipul, Dau, Stružák, Paul, Eliavs, Pavel S, Fabrice, Noone, Clarity, Jp, Pascal, Jair, Yoav, Nimesh, Bill, Patricia, Mike, Iesmatauw, Chrisham, Harvey, Pranav, Rohit Choudhary, Rohit1409, Rickard, Sachin, Gerald Higgins, Ericlind, Zzz, Felipe, Sridhar, Halva, Catherine, Lavkesh Bhatia, Rick Rothstein, Vishal Haria, Ak, Daniel Ferry, Mehdi Raza.

Thank you 🙂

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I know this post is unusally lengthy. But I wanted the list to be as comprehensive as possible. If you know some shortcuts that are not listed, please share them using comments. 🙂

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153 Responses to “Comprehensive List of Excel Keyboard Shortcuts”

  1. Finnur says:

    Bookmarked. Great post.

  2. Stef@n says:

    Hey
    here are some short-cuts - sorry, but only in german
    regards stef@n

    ALT + ' ( Apostroph ) Formatvorlage
    ALT + = Formel SUMME einfügen
    ALT + (Pfeil nach unten) Anzeige der AutoEingabe - Liste
    ALT + EINGABE Zeilenumbruch innerhalb einer Zelle
    ALT + F1 Einfügen Diagrammblatt
    ALT + F11 Anzeige des VB-Editors
    ALT + F2 Speichern unter
    ALT + F4 Beenden
    ALT + F8 Anzeigen Dialogfeld "Makro"
    ALT + SHIFT + F1 Einfügen Tabellenblatt
    ALT + SHIFT + F2 Speichern
    F1 Online-Hilfe oder Office-Assistent
    F2 Bearbeiten aktive Zelle
    F3 Einfügen eines Namens in eine Formel
    F4 Wiederholung der letzten Aktion
    F5 Gehe zu
    F6 Wechseln zum nächsten Ausschnitt
    F7 Rechtschreibung
    F8 Markierung erweitern
    F9 Alle Blätter berechnen
    F10 Menüleiste aktivieren
    F11 Erstellen Diagramm
    F12 Speichern unter
    SHIFT + F1 Direkthilfe
    SHIFT + F2 Bearbeiten Zellkommentar
    SHIFT + F3 Einfügen einer Funktion in eine Formel
    SHIFT + F4 Weiter Suchen
    SHIFT + F5 Suchen
    SHIFT + F6 Wechseln zum vorherigen Ausschnitt
    SHIFT + F8 zur Markierung hinzufügen
    SHIFT + F9 Aktives Tabellenblatt berechnen
    SHIFT + F10 Anzeigen Kontextmenü
    SHIFT + F11 Einfügen Tabellenblatt
    SHIFT + F12 Speichern
    SHIFT + BildAb Erweitern der Markierung um eine Bildschirmseite nach unten
    SHIFT + BildAuf Erweitern der Markierung um eine Bildschirmseite nach oben
    SHIFT + Leertaste gesamte Zeile markieren
    SHIFT + Pfeiltaste Erweitern der Markierung um eine Zelle
    SHIFT + POS1 Erweitern der Markierung bis zum Zeilenanfang
    SHIFT + Rücktaste Reduzierung der Markierung auf die aktuelle Zelle
    STRG + - ( Minuszeichen ) Zelle löschen
    STRG + ! Zahlenformat "Zahl mit Tausendertrennzeichen, 2 Dezimalstellen + Vorzeichen" zuweisen
    STRG + " Zahlenformat "Wissenschaft mit 2 Nachkommastellen" zuweisen
    STRG + # Wechseln der Anzeige zwischen Zellwerten und Zellformeln
    STRG + $ Zahlenformat "Währung + 2 Nachkommastellen" zuweisen
    STRG + % Zahlenformat "Prozent ohne Dezimalstellen" zuweisen
    STRG + & Zahlenformat "Standard" zuweisen
    STRG + ( Spalte einblenden
    STRG + ) Zeile einblenden
    STRG + * markieren des aktuellen Bereichs
    STRG + . ( Punkt ) aktuelles Datum einfügen
    STRG + / Markieren der aktuellen Matrix
    STRG + : ( Doppelpunkt ) aktuelle Uhrzeit einfügen
    STRG + ; ( Semikolon ) Kopieren des Wertes aus der Zelle darüber
    STRG + _ ( Underscore ) Gesamtrahmen zuweisen
    STRG + + ( Pluszeichen ) leere Zelle einfügen
    STRG + > alle Rahmen löschen
    STRG + < Zelleninhalt von darüber liegender Zelle kopieren
    STRG + § (Paragraph) Datumsformat "01.Jan 00" zuweisen
    STRG + 0 ( Null ) Excel97: Ein-/Ausblenden der Standard-Symbolleiste, Excel 2003: Spalte ausblenden
    STRG + 1 Format Zellen
    STRG + 5 Formatierung "Text durchgestrichen"
    STRG + 6 Wechseln dem Ein-/Ausblenden von Objekten und dem Anzeigen von Platzhaltern
    STRG + 8 Excel 97: Spalte ausblenden, Excel 2003: Standard-Symbolleiste ein-/ausblenden
    STRG + 9 Zeile ausblenden
    STRG + A alles markieren bzw. nach Eingabe eines Funktionsnamens: Anzeige der Formelpalette
    STRG + Ä Markieren aller Zellen, deren Formel die aktuelle Zelle referenziert ( direkt )
    STRG + BildAb Wechseln zum nächsten Blatt innerhalb der Arbeitsmappe
    STRG + BildAuf Wechseln zum vorherigen Blatt innerhalb der Arbeitsmappe
    STRG + C markierten Bereich kopieren
    STRG + EINGABE alle markierte Zellen erhalten aktuellen Eintrag
    STRG + ENDE Bewegen an das Ende des Tabellenblattes
    STRG + F Suchen
    STRG + F2 aktive Zelle anzeigen
    STRG + F3 Festlegen eines Namens
    STRG + F4 Fenster schließen
    STRG + F5 Wiederherstellung der Fenstergröße
    STRG + F6 Wechseln zum nächsten Arbeitsmappenfenster
    STRG + F7 Verschieben Fenster
    STRG + F8 Fenstergröße ändern
    STRG + F9 Arbeitsmappe minimieren
    STRG + F10 Maximieren oder Wiederherstellen des Arbeitsmappenfensters
    STRG + F11 Einfügen einer Excel (4.0) Makrovorlage
    STRG + F12 öffnen
    STRG + K Hyperlink einfügen
    STRG + Leertaste gesamte Spalte markieren
    STRG + N neue Arbeitsmappe
    STRG + O öffnen
    STRG + P Drucken
    STRG + Pfeiltaste Bewegen an den Rand des aktuellen Datenbereichs
    STRG + POS1 Bewegen an den Anfang des Tabellenblattes
    STRG + R Zelleninhalt von linker Zelle kopieren
    STRG + Rücktaste aktive Zelle anzeigen
    STRG + S Speichern
    STRG + SHIFT + A nach Eingabe eines Funktionsnamens: Einfügen der Argumentnamen und Klammern
    STRG + SHIFT + ä Markieren aller Zellen, deren Formel die aktuelle Zelle referenziert ( direkt oder indirekt )
    STRG + SHIFT + EINGABE Eingabe einer Formel als Matrixformel
    STRG + SHIFT + ENDE Erweitern der Markierung bis zur letzten verwendeten Zelle (rechts unten)
    STRG + SHIFT + F Formatierung Fett
    STRG + SHIFT + F12 Drucken
    STRG + SHIFT + F3 Erstellen eines Namens unter Verwendung von Zeilen- und Spaltenbeschriftungen
    STRG + SHIFT + F6 Wechseln zum vorherigen Arbeitsmappenfenster
    STRG + SHIFT + K Formatierung Kursiv
    STRG + SHIFT + Leertaste alle Zellen markieren
    STRG + SHIFT + O Markieren aller Zellen mit Kommentar
    STRG + SHIFT + Pfeiltaste Erweitern der Markierung bis zur letzten nicht-leeren Zelle
    STRG + SHIFT + POS1 Erweitern der Markierung bis Tabellenblatt Anfang
    STRG + SHIFT + TAB Wechseln zur vorherigen Arbeitsmappe
    STRG + SHIFT + U Formatierung Unterstreichung
    STRG + SHIFT + ü Markieren aller Zellen, auf die sich die aktuelle Formel bezieht ( direkt oder indirekt )
    STRG + TAB Wechseln zur nächsten Arbeitsmappe
    STRG + U Zelleninhalt von darüber liegender Zelle kopieren
    STRG + ü Markieren aller Zellen, auf die sich die aktuelle Formel bezieht ( direkt )
    STRG + V Einfügen aus Zwischenablage
    STRG + W Fenster schließen
    STRG + X Ausschneiden der Markierung
    STRG + Y Wiederholung der letzten Aktion
    STRG + Z Rückgängigmachen der letzten Aktion

  3. Cyril Z. says:

    Hello Chandoo.

    Nice list of shortcuts. But some of them doesn't work in French. Here's what I found.
    How about a multilingual sheet of shortcuts ?

    Select blank cells :
    F5 + ALT + S + K + ENTER => F5 + ALT + C + D + ENTER
    Select all cells that are directly or indirectly referred to by formulas in the selection
    CTRL + SHIFT + { => ALT + L + RS + S + N + {S|T} {Direct|All}
    Select all cells with formulas that refer directly or indirectly to the active cell
    CTRL + SHIFT + } => ALT + L + RS + S + A + {S|T} {Direct|All}
    Evaluate formulas. (its easy to remember when working with some “tuf” formulas!)
    ALT + TUF => ALT + UV
    Copy a formula from above cell and edit
    CTRL + ' => Not Found
    Alternate between displaying cell values and displaying cell formulas
    CTRL + ` (Single Left Quotation Mark) => Not Found
    Format Selection (cells, objects, charts)
    CTRL + 1
    Single border around selected cells
    CTRL + SHIFT + 7 => CTRL + 0
    Sort
    ALT + DS => ALT + éT
    Freeze panes
    ALT + WFF => ALT + NVF
    Create a pivot table in new sheet (of course after selecting the range)
    ALT + DPF => ALT + SYTN
    Create a pivot table in the same sheet.
    ALT + DPN => ALT + SYTF
    Clear all contents
    ALT + EAA => ALT + LEA

  4. Ethoros says:

    "Selects all the way to a1 from cursor position

    SelectionCTRL + SHIT + HOME"

    You might get a smelly finger if you use that shortcut

    Think you missed the F out 😛

  5. Leonel Q. says:

    I think it would be cool if you add a Printer friendly button.

  6. kjo says:

    gr8 job..Chandoo.. n all others..

    How about translating german contribution by stef@n ??

    Regards.

    • Yogesh D. K. says:

      ALT + '(apostrophe) style
      ALT + = SUM formula insert
      Alt + (down arrow) display the AutoComplete - list
      Alt + Enter line break within a cell
      ALT + F1 Insert Chart Sheet
      ALT + F11 to display the VB Editor
      ALT + F2 Save As
      ALT + F4 Quit
      ALT + F8 to display dialog "macro"
      ALT + SHIFT + F1 Insert Worksheet
      ALT + SHIFT + F2 Save
      F1 online Help or the Office Assistant
      F2 Edit active cell
      F3 insert a name in a formula
      F4 Repeat the last action
      F5 Goto
      F6 Move to the next pane
      F7 Spelling
      F8 mark expand
      F9 Calculate all sheets
      F10 Activate the menu bar
      F11 Create chart
      F12 Save
      SHIFT + F1 Live Support
      SHIFT + F2 Edit cell comment
      SHIFT + F3 to insert a function into a formula
      SHIFT + F4 Find Next
      SHIFT + F5 Search
      SHIFT + F6 Switch to the previous pane
      SHIFT + F8 to add label
      SHIFT + F9 Calculate active worksheet
      SHIFT + F10 Display shortcut menu
      SHIFT + F11 Insert Worksheet
      SHIFT + F12 Save
      SHIFT + PgDn Extend selection one screen down
      SHIFT + PgUp Extend the selection down one screen to the top
      SHIFT + SPACE Select entire row
      SHIFT + arrow key Extend the selection by one cell
      SHIFT + POS1 Extend selection to start of line
      SHIFT + Backspace reduce the mark to the current cell
      CTRL + - (minus sign) to delete cell
      CTRL +! Number format "number with thousand separator, 2 decimal places + sign" Assigning
      CTRL + "Number format" Science with 2 decimal assign "
      CTRL + # display switch cell values and cell formulas
      CTRL + $ number format "Currency + 2 digits" Assigning
      CTRL +% number format "percentage with no decimal places" Assigning
      CTRL + & number format "standard" Assign
      CTRL + (show column
      CTRL) line Show
      CTRL + * Mark the current range
      CTRL +. Insert (point) current date
      CTRL + / Select the current matrix
      CTRL +: (colon) to insert current time
      CTRL +; (semicolon) Copy the value from the cell above
      CTRL + _ (Underscore) overall framework assign
      CTRL + + (plus sign) to insert blank cell
      CTRL +> delete all frames
      CTRL + <content of cells overlying cell Copy
      CTRL + § (Article) Date Format "01.Jan 00" Assigning
      Ctrl + 0 (zero) Excel97: hide the Standard toolbar, Excel 2003: Hide column
      CTRL + 1 format cells
      CTRL + 5 formatting "strikethrough text"
      CTRL + 6 Go to the hiding objects and displaying placeholders
      Control + 8 Excel 97: Hide column, Excel 2003: Hide Standard toolbar
      CTRL + 9 Hide row
      CTRL + A to select everything or after entry of a function name: Display the Formula Palette
      CTRL + Ä Select all cells whose formula the current cell referenced (directly)
      Ctrl + Page Down Move to the next sheet in the workbook
      Ctrl + Page Up Move to the previous sheet in the workbook
      Ctrl + C to copy selected area
      CTRL + ENTER all labeled cells receive current entry
      CTRL + END Move to the end of the spreadsheet
      CTRL + F Search
      CTRL + F2 active cell show
      CTRL + F3 to set a name
      CTRL + F4 Close window
      CTRL + F5 Restore the window size
      CTRL + F6 Switch to the next workbook window
      CTRL + F7 Move window
      CTRL + F8 Resize Window
      Ctrl + F9 Minimize workbook
      CTRL + F10 Maximize or restore the workbook window
      CTRL + F11 Insert an Excel (4.0) macro template
      CTRL + F12 Open
      CTRL + K Insert Hyperlink
      Ctrl + Spacebar Select entire column
      CTRL + N New Workbook
      CTRL + O Open
      CTRL + P Print
      Ctrl + Arrow key Move to the edge of the current data region
      CTRL + POS1 Move to the beginning of the worksheet
      CTRL-R cells to copy cell contents from left
      Ctrl + Backspace show active cell
      CTRL + S Save
      CTRL + SHIFT + A to enter a function name: Insert the argument names and parentheses
      CTRL + SHIFT + ä Select all cells, the formula of the current cell is referenced (directly or indirectly)
      CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER you enter a formula as an array formula
      CTRL + SHIFT + END Extend the selection to the last used cell (bottom right)
      CTRL + SHIFT + F bold formatting
      CTRL + SHIFT + F12 Print
      CTRL + SHIFT + F3 Create a name by using row and column labels
      CTRL + SHIFT + F6 Switch to the previous workbook window
      CTRL + SHIFT + K italic formatting
      CTRL + SHIFT + SPACE select all cells
      CTRL + SHIFT + O Select all cells with comments
      CTRL + SHIFT + arrow key Extend the selection to the last nonblank cell
      CTRL + SHIFT + POS1 Extend the selection to the beginning of the worksheet
      CTRL + SHIFT + TAB Switch to the previous workbook
      CTRL + SHIFT + U Underline formatting
      Ctrl + Shift + u Select all cells, applies to the current formula (directly or indirectly)
      CTRL + TAB Switch to the next workbook
      CTRL + U content of cells overlying cell Copy
      CTRL + ü Select all cells, applies to the current formula (directly)
      CTRL + V Paste from Clipboard
      CTRL + W Close
      CTRL + X Cut the mark
      CTRL + Y Repeat the last action
      CTRL + Z Undo the last action

  7. Hui... says:

    Chandoo
    One you missed

    CTRL + ALT +F9
    Rebuilds the internal links within a spreadsheet and then saves

    I think it is similar to the Open, Repair option in 2007

  8. chrisham says:

    Chandoo, great post!
    Chandoo there's yet a very important shortcut key that should get mention for its huge benefit. The CTRL +. (Period) helps bring back the yellow diamond shaped Symbol that usually is available only on the Top Cell of a selected Column. So instead of scrolling your way all the way to the top, with a click of CTRL +. makes this accessible immediately, and by clicking on it, giving you a number of options like converting text to number etc etc.

  9. chrisham says:

    Chandoo, how about having a seperate blog for Excel VBA shortcut keys???

  10. oldchippy says:

    Hi Chandoo,

    Here's another useful one for the formatting group.
    To erase all formatting from your selected cells
    Alt + E + A + F (easy to remember E[rase] + A[ll] + F[ormats]
    Note that dates/times format to general numbers/decimals

  11. Chandoo says:

    Very good additions Stef@n and Cyril. 🙂

    @Leonel: I am trying to prepare a print.css for my blog. It is one of those low priority tasks, so I kind of neglected it. I could use plugins but they un-necessarily slow down the blog.

    @Hui.. I didnt forget it. I just dont know it 🙂 thanks for sharing the beautiful shortcut.

    @Chrisham: Wow, I didnt know that. thank you 🙂 Also, my VBA programming is very limited. I never had to use shortcuts in that. But if you know some good ones, send them over to me (chandoo.d @ gmail.com) I will upload a new post later next week.

  12. Chandoo says:

    @Ethoros: Aw, crap. I cant believe I did it. I am gonna leave it there as a testimonial to your keen eye.

  13. Pushkaraj Petkar says:

    I think this excel is helful for all the people but when you have try to do it.

  14. Cyril Z. says:

    Hello again.

    I was trying to use Chrisham's shortcut in my french Excel and I found this weird shortcut :

    CTRL + . (period form numpad only)
    This one change the corner selected (turns clockwise) in a selection range.

    CTRL + SHIFT + ; (SHIFT+; = . period with french keyboard) bring "Photo" icon in the quick toolbar. Doesn't seem to do anything else.

    Cyril

  15. Cyril Z. says:

    err.. should have written CTRL+, (comma)

    Sorry 🙂

  16. scotty says:

    Nice list of shortcuts. It's good to be reminded of the old Alt + menu key shortcuts (I just wish more of them still worked in XL 2007). Although the list is great, an Excel table would be much, much better!

  17. sk1412 says:

    Hey together
    my idea:
    let's create a list / table of all short-cuts

    shortcut - english - german - french - ... - ... - ...

    good idea ?? 😉
    Stef@n

    you can translate it with
    http://translate.google.de/#

  18. sk1412 says:

    AND
    don't forget short-cut's like

    Alt + 0155 "ø"
    Alt + 0216 "Ø"
    Alt + 0241 "ñ"
    Alt + 241 "±"
    Alt + 184 "©"
    Alt + 0137 " ‰"
    Alt + 230 "µ"
    AltGr + E "€"

    regards Stef@n

    • Yogesh D. K. says:

      ANd where n how do i get those Special Characters! 🙁

      • Hui... says:

        @Yogesh

        Goto the Insert, Symbols menu

        Find the Symbol you want, taking note of the Font and Character Code

        You can either press Insert or

        Go back to the Excel screen

        Press and Hold Alt and enter the Character Code

        Make sure the cell is formatted in the correct font

         

  19. sk1412 says:

    AND 😉
    test the following short-cuts
    some of them seemed UNUSED?!

    Stef@n

    STRG = CTRL !!

    Alt + F3
    Alt + F5
    Alt + F7
    Alt + F9
    Alt + F10
    Alt + F12
    Alt + n. oben
    Alt + n. rechts
    Alt + n. links
    Alt + Pos1
    Alt + Entf
    Alt + Einfg
    Alt + Ende
    Alt + Shift + 0
    Alt + Shift + 1
    Alt + Shift + 2
    Alt + Shift + 3
    Alt + Shift + 4
    Alt + Shift + 5
    Alt + Shift + 6
    Alt + Shift + 7
    Alt + Shift + 8
    Alt + Shift + 9
    Alt + Shift + >
    Alt + Shift + ;
    Alt + Shift + :
    Alt + Shift + _
    Alt + Shift + *
    Alt + Shift + `
    Alt + Shift + °
    Alt + Shift + F3
    Alt + Shift + F5
    Alt + Shift + F6
    Alt + Shift + F7
    Alt + Shift + F8
    Alt + Shift + F9
    Alt + Shift + F10
    Alt + Shift + F11
    Alt + Shift + F12
    F3
    Shift + F7
    Strg + ´
    Strg + ^
    Strg + B
    Strg + D
    Strg + E
    Strg + I
    Strg + J
    Strg + L
    Strg + M
    Strg + Q
    Strg + T
    Strg + F1
    Strg + F2
    Strg + Shift + 0
    Strg + Shift + ß
    Strg + Shift + `
    Strg + Shift + #
    Strg + Shift + A
    Strg + Shift + B
    Strg + Shift + C
    Strg + Shift + D
    Strg + Shift + E
    Strg + Shift + F
    Strg + Shift + H
    Strg + Shift + I
    Strg + Shift + J
    Strg + Shift + L
    Strg + Shift + M
    Strg + Shift + N
    Strg + Shift + P
    Strg + Shift + Q
    Strg + Shift + R
    Strg + Shift + T
    Strg + Shift + V
    Strg + Shift + W
    Strg + Shift + X
    Strg + Shift + Y
    Strg + Shift + Z
    Strg + Shift + F1
    Strg + Shift + F2
    Strg + Shift + F5
    Strg + Shift + F7
    Strg + Shift + F8
    Strg + Shift + F9
    Strg + Shift + F11
    Strg + Alt + F3
    Strg + Alt + F5
    Strg + Alt + F6
    Strg + Alt + F7
    Strg + Alt + F8
    Strg + Alt + F9
    Strg + Alt + F10
    Strg + Alt + F11
    Strg + Alt + F12

  20. sk1412 says:

    Hey Chandoo
    if you don't like so LONG comment's
    -- please delete my threads 😉 --
    regards Stef@n

  21. Chandoo says:

    @Sk1412: What gives you the idea that I dont like long comments... ? I *love* lengthy elaborate and passionate discussions. That is the whole purpose of this blog.

    Thank you so much for your shortcuts and ideas. 🙂

    I like your idea "let’s create a list / table of all short-cuts

    shortcut – english – german – french"

    Unfortunately we cannot use google translate to do this. I will make a base template and release it later this week or next week. Folks from other countries and fill it and send it back to me. Once it is ready we have a complete list of international shortcuts 🙂

  22. Cyril Z. says:

    Nice Idea... I'll will put in my list as soon as it is ready for this !!!
    But don't prepare this sheet instead of taking care of your nice twins 🙂

  23. Subodh Gupta says:

    Chandoo, you mentioned...
    Copy the value from the cell above the active cell into the cell or the formula bar
    Editing
    CTRL + SHIFT + "

    You can also use CTRL + D.

  24. Subodh Gupta says:

    Never mind what I said... It's there already.

  25. Try CTRL ~ (tilde). This command will view any worksheet formulas. This is great for quick on the fly eyeballing a worksheet that you are reviewing.

    This is my second post, not sure if the first one went through.

  26. Stef@n says:

    Hey
    CTRL ~ (tilde)
    is
    STRG #
    in Germany
    but it doesn't work in switzerland :O
    ...
    what i mean:
    It does not seem quite so easy to create a "comprehensive" overview
    best regards
    Stef@n

  27. MADACCOUNTANT says:

    Greetings,
    Stef@n

    I am not sure about what the translation is for this in Switzerland (Swedish), however the purpose of the command (CTRL ~ ) is to view all of the cell data and range formulas in a worksheet in one view. Maybe we can try something together to make it work for you. Let me know what your feedback is.... are you getting a message in EXCEL when you use this command?
    Also, maybe you have a Global setting function that might prevent this from working? Let's see what we can come up with together.

  28. Stef@n says:

    Hey
    I think that problem is the keyboard layout
    In Germany there is a button (next to the key input)
    you can typed on the following characters
    AltGr + shift * ~ (tilde)
    So: in many countries, the keyboard layout is different.
    ie: Ctrl (AltGr) ~ does not work at all.

    The following formulas only when you press Ctrl #

    the only way is, in my view - the use of vba

    Sub formulasHide ()
    ActiveWindow.DisplayFormulas = False
    End Sub
    Sub formulasFade ()
    ActiveWindow.DisplayFormulas = True
    End Sub

    regards Stef@n

  29. MADACCOUNTANT says:

    Stef@n

    Thanks for the info. I never really thought about how this may work in other countries. let me know if I can help on anything else.

    Best regards,
    Michael

  30. Pedro says:

    Not forgot the original source at Microsoft Office Excel 2007 shortcut and function keys here:
    http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/HP100738481033.aspx
    and the Ribbon, Help, and other Microsoft Office keyboard shortcuts here:
    http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/HA101680811033.aspx?pid=CH100947761033
    and how to disable user interface items and shortcut keys here:
    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc179143.aspx
    Anyone want to generate a pdf with everything?

  31. Chandoo says:

    @Pedro.. I am in the process of collecting all the shortcuts in to one big sheet so that anyone can download and master these. If you would like to collaborate, pls. drop me an email.

  32. Pedro says:

    @Chandoo.. Professionally I am interested about Accessibility in Office System as shown here:
    http://www.microsoft.com/enable/products/office2007/
    and keyboard navigation:
    http://office.microsoft.com/training/Training.aspx?AssetID=RP100664581033&CTT=6&Origin=RC100664431033
    and keyboard shortcuts:
    http://www.microsoft.com/enable/products/keyboard.aspx
    but in Spanish language as shown here:
    http://office.microsoft.com/es-es/excel/HP100738483082.aspx
    You should know that keyboard shortcuts methods are different in different languages and with different keyboard layouts, so your mammoth project to assemble all in one piece it should apply only to English language and there is no automatic translator to translate the keyboard shortcuts methods.
    For my part, once you publish the English sheet, I could be able to develop the corresponding Spanish version.

    • Vipin says:

      Hi Pedro,

      Can you please help me with the Alt D P short cut of pivot table. I need the corresponding version for Spanish.

      • Pedro Wave says:

        Hi Vipin, it is a pleasure to help you.

        Asistente en español (Spanish) para tablas y gráficos dinámicos: ALT, T, B
        PivotTable and PivotChart English Wizard: ALT, D, P

        NOTE: Comma separator (,) means press Alt first, release the key and then press T. Again, release the key and then press B which in this example opens the Spanish Pivot table wizard.

        If the plus symbol (+) is shown between two or more keys then the keys have to be pressed at the same time.

  33. Joe says:

    Great list. Love the Select Visible Cells Only. That saves a lot clicks with Edit/GoTo/Special/Visible Cells Only.
    Thanks!

  34. Hui... says:

    Not technically Excel Shortcuts but these works just the same

    Windows Button + Right/Left Arrow - Toggles from Current Window position to Left Half Display, Right Half Display and Back to Current View
    Windows Button + Up Arrow - Toggles from Current Window position to Full Screen Display and back to current position
    Windows Button + Down Arrow - Toggles from Current Window position to minimised position

  35. Hui... says:

    Alternate Keyboard Shortcut for Right Click - Press the Menu Button which is located between the Alt and Ctrl keys on the Right Side of the Space Bar.

  36. I added custom keyboard shortcuts using Simple Shortcuts (http://www.simpleshortcuts.net)... It's addictive. They have these cool customizable cycles that save me a ton of time. It looks like they're working on a new program called Smart Shortcuts (http://www.smartshortcuts.com) that is supposed to be even better. I can't wait to try it...

  37. oldchippy says:

    Chandoo,

    I haven't seen this one yet in the list - Ctrl+6

    When you have a chart covering your dataset toggle Ctrl+6 to clear the chart out of the way and back again

  38. Oli says:

    I know you can drag sheet tabs with the mouse to re-order them and even drag them from one workbook into another but I didn't know (until about 5 mins. ago) - if you hold the Ctrl key and then drag the sheet tab it will create a duplicate.

    PS Is it common knowledge that the office button (xl 2007) when clicked once (to open the menu also turns red and if you click it once more will act as an 'Off' button completely closing Excel. Not great if you stutter a mouse click - everything shuts! 🙂

  39. Lock says:

    anyone tried the ALT + PGUp or ALT + PGDown. It pages left and right, so easy to scan accross a table rather than using left/right arrow, or CTRL & left/right arrow which can take you too far.

    Another v. easy method to generate your own shortcuts is to use icons. Eg, the paste values icon, with the name "&V" means that if I now type ALT + V it will paste values.

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  42. neeraj says:

    Hi,

    Use full information for all that people whom r learning Excel

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  44. S23 says:

    Thanks to Google Translate : Here is the translation of Stef@n's shortcuts:
    Hope this helps!!

    ALT + '(apostrophe) style
    ALT + formula = SUM insert
    ALT + (arrow down) display the AutoComplete - List
    ALT + ENTER line break within a cell
    ALT + F1 Insert Chart Sheet
    ALT + F11 Display the VB Editor
    ALT + F2 Save
    ALT + F4 Quit
    ALT + F8 displays dialog box "macro"
    ALT + SHIFT + F1 Insert sheet
    ALT + SHIFT + F2 Save
    F1 online help or Office Assistant
    F2 Edit active cell
    F3 Paste a name into a formula
    F4 Repeat last action
    Go to F5
    F6 Move to next pane
    F7 Spelling
    F8 Extend a selection
    F9 Calculate all sheets
    F10 Activate the menu bar
    F11 Create chart
    F12 Save As
    SHIFT + F1 This?
    SHIFT + F2 Edit cell comment
    SHIFT + F3 Paste a function into a formula
    SHIFT + F4 Find Next
    SHIFT + F5 Search
    SHIFT + F6 Move to the previous pane
    SHIFT + F8 to add to the mark
    SHIFT + F9 Calculate active worksheet
    SHIFT + F10 Display shortcut menu
    SHIFT + F11 Insert sheet
    SHIFT + F12 Save
    SHIFT + PgDn Extend selection up one screen down
    SHIFT + PgUp Extend selection up one screen to the top
    Shift + Space Select entire row
    SHIFT + arrow key Extend the selection by one cell
    SHIFT + POS1 expand the selection to the beginning of the line
    SHIFT + Backspace reduce the selection to the current cell
    CTRL + - (minus sign) Delete the cell
    CTRL +! Number Format number with thousands separator characters, 2 decimal places + sign "to assign
    CTRL + "number format" Science with 2 decimal places Assign
    CTRL + # change the display between cell values and cell formulas
    CTRL + $ number format currency and 2 decimal places Assign
    CTRL +% number format "percentage with no decimal places" to assign
    CTRL + & number format "default" assign
    CTRL + (column Show
    CTRL +) Line Show
    CTRL + * mark the current scope
    CTRL +. insert (point) current date
    Ctrl + / Select the current matrix
    CTRL +: (colon) Insert current time
    CTRL +; (semicolon) copying the value from the cell above
    CTRL + _ (underscore) assign overall framework
    CTRL + + (plus sign) Insert a blank cell
    CTRL +> delete all frames
    CTRL + <cell content of about copy-lying cell
    CTRL + § (paragraph) Date Format 01.Jan 00 "assign
    CTRL + 0 (zero) Excel97: hide the Standard toolbar, Excel 2003: Hide Column
    CTRL + 1 Format Cells
    CTRL + 5 Formatting text crossed out "
    CTRL + 6 Jump to hide objects, and displaying placeholders
    CTRL + 8 Excel 97: Hide column, Excel 2003: hide standard toolbar
    CTRL + 9 Line Hide
    CTRL + A Select all or to enter a function name: Display the Formula Palette
    CTRL + Ä Select all cells, that the current formula cell references (directly)
    Ctrl + Page Down Move to the next sheet in the workbook
    CTRL + PgUp Switch to the previous sheet in the workbook
    CTRL + C Copy selected area
    CTRL + ENTER select all cells receive current entry
    CTRL + END Move to the end of the sheet
    CTRL + F Find
    CTRL + F2 active cell's
    CTRL + F3 to set a name
    CTRL + F4 Close window
    CTRL + F5 Restore the window size
    CTRL + F6 Switch to the next workbook window
    CTRL + F7 Move window
    CTRL + F8 Resize window
    CTRL + F9 Minimize workbook
    CTRL + F10 Maximize or restore the workbook window
    CTRL + F11 Insert an Excel (4.0) macro sheet
    CTRL + F12 to open
    CTRL + K Insert Hyperlink
    Ctrl + Space Select entire column
    CTRL + N New Workbook
    CTRL + O Open
    CTRL + P Print
    CTRL + arrow key Move to the edge of the current data region
    CTRL + POS1 Move to the beginning of the worksheet
    CTRL + R to copy cell contents of the left cell
    CTRL + Backspace active cell's
    CTRL + S Save
    CTRL + SHIFT + A to enter a function name: Insert the argument names and parentheses
    CTRL + SHIFT + ä select all cells whose formula the current cell is referenced (directly or indirectly)
    CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER to enter a formula as an array formula
    CTRL + SHIFT + END Extend the selection to the last used cell (bottom right)
    CTRL + SHIFT + F bold formatting
    CTRL + SHIFT + F12 Print
    CTRL + SHIFT + F3 to create a name using row and column labels
    CTRL + SHIFT + F6 Move to the previous workbook window
    CTRL + SHIFT + K italic formatting
    CTRL + SHIFT + Space all cells
    CTRL + SHIFT + O Select all cells with comments
    CTRL + SHIFT + arrow key Extend the selection to the last non-blank cell
    CTRL + SHIFT + POS1 Extend the selection to beginning of worksheet
    CTRL + SHIFT + TAB Move to the previous workbook
    CTRL + SHIFT + U Underline formatting
    CTRL + SHIFT + ü Select all cells to which the current formula (directly or indirectly)
    CTRL + TAB Move to the next workbook
    CTRL + U content of cells overlying cell copy
    CTRL + ü Select all cells to which the current formula (direct)
    CTRL + V Paste from clipboard
    CTRL + W Close window
    CTRL + X Cut the selection
    CTRL + Y Repeat the last action
    CTRL + Z Undo the last action

  45. Rahul says:

    Hi,

    I am about to buy a new laptop soon, probably with bundled office 2010. Are the shortcuts different on 2010 from 2007?

  46. anupam says:

    I have tried to translate the german shortcuts given by Stefan.......though I dont know German but I did it in seconds:

    Hey
    here are some short-cuts - sorry, but only in German
    regards stef @ n

    ALT + '(apostrophe) style
    ALT + formula = SUM insert
    ALT + (arrow down) display the AutoComplete - List
    ALT + ENTER line break within a cell
    ALT + F1 Insert Chart Sheet
    ALT + F11 Display the VB Editor
    ALT + F2 Save
    ALT + F4 Quit
    ALT + F8 displays dialog box "macro"
    ALT + SHIFT + F1 Insert sheet
    ALT + SHIFT + F2 Save
    F1 online help or Office Assistant
    F2 Edit active cell
    F3 Paste a name into a formula
    F4 Repeat last action
    Go to F5
    F6 Move to next pane
    F7 Spelling
    F8 Extend a selection
    F9 Calculate all sheets
    F10 Activate the menu bar
    F11 Create chart
    F12 Save As
    SHIFT + F1 This?
    SHIFT + F2 Edit cell comment
    SHIFT + F3 Paste a function into a formula
    SHIFT + F4 Find Next
    SHIFT + F5 Search
    SHIFT + F6 Move to the previous pane
    SHIFT + F8 to add to the mark
    SHIFT + F9 Calculate active worksheet
    SHIFT + F10 Display shortcut menu
    SHIFT + F11 Insert sheet
    SHIFT + F12 Save
    SHIFT + PgDn Extend selection up one screen down
    SHIFT + PgUp Extend selection up one screen to the top
    Shift + Space Select entire row
    SHIFT + arrow key Extend the selection by one cell
    SHIFT + POS1 expand the selection to the beginning of the line
    SHIFT + Backspace reduce the selection to the current cell
    CTRL + - (minus sign) Delete the cell
    CTRL +! Number Format number with thousands separator characters, 2 decimal places + sign "to assign
    CTRL + "number format" Science with 2 decimal places Assign
    CTRL + # change the display between cell values and cell formulas
    CTRL + $ number format currency and 2 decimal places Assign
    CTRL +% number format "percentage with no decimal places" to assign
    CTRL + & number format "default" assign
    CTRL + (column Show
    CTRL +) Line Show
    CTRL + * mark the current scope
    CTRL +. insert (point) current date
    Ctrl + / Select the current matrix
    CTRL +: (colon) Insert current time
    CTRL +; (semicolon) copying the value from the cell above
    CTRL + _ (underscore) assign overall framework
    CTRL + + (plus sign) Insert a blank cell
    CTRL +> delete all frames
    CTRL + <cell content of about copy-lying cell
    CTRL + § (paragraph) Date Format 01.Jan 00 "assign
    CTRL + 0 (zero) Excel97: hide the Standard toolbar, Excel 2003: Hide Column
    CTRL + 1 Format Cells
    CTRL + 5 Formatting text crossed out "
    CTRL + 6 Jump to hide objects, and displaying placeholders
    CTRL + 8 Excel 97: Hide column, Excel 2003: hide standard toolbar
    CTRL + 9 Line Hide
    CTRL + A Select all or to enter a function name: Display the Formula Palette
    CTRL + Ä Select all cells, that the current formula cell references (directly)
    Ctrl + Page Down Move to the next sheet in the workbook
    CTRL + PgUp Switch to the previous sheet in the workbook
    CTRL + C Copy selected area
    CTRL + ENTER select all cells receive current entry
    CTRL + END Move to the end of the sheet
    CTRL + F Find
    CTRL + F2 active cell's
    CTRL + F3 to set a name
    CTRL + F4 Close window
    CTRL + F5 Restore the window size
    CTRL + F6 Switch to the next workbook window
    CTRL + F7 Move window
    CTRL + F8 Resize window
    CTRL + F9 Minimize workbook
    CTRL + F10 Maximize or restore the workbook window
    CTRL + F11 Insert an Excel (4.0) macro sheet
    CTRL + F12 to open
    CTRL + K Insert Hyperlink
    Ctrl + Space Select entire column
    CTRL + N New Workbook
    CTRL + O Open
    CTRL + P Print
    CTRL + arrow key Move to the edge of the current data region
    CTRL + POS1 Move to the beginning of the worksheet
    CTRL + R to copy cell contents of the left cell
    CTRL + Backspace active cell's
    CTRL + S Save
    CTRL + SHIFT + A to enter a function name: Insert the argument names and parentheses
    CTRL + SHIFT + ä select all cells whose formula the current cell is referenced (directly or indirectly)
    CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER to enter a formula as an array formula
    CTRL + SHIFT + END Extend the selection to the last used cell (bottom right)
    CTRL + SHIFT + F bold formatting
    CTRL + SHIFT + F12 Print
    CTRL + SHIFT + F3 to create a name using row and column labels
    CTRL + SHIFT + F6 Move to the previous workbook window
    CTRL + SHIFT + K italic formatting
    CTRL + SHIFT + Space all cells
    CTRL + SHIFT + O Select all cells with comments
    CTRL + SHIFT + arrow key Extend the selection to the last non-blank cell
    CTRL + SHIFT + POS1 Extend the selection to beginning of worksheet
    CTRL + SHIFT + TAB Move to the previous workbook
    CTRL + SHIFT + U Underline formatting
    CTRL + SHIFT + ü Select all cells to which the current formula (directly or indirectly)
    CTRL + TAB Move to the next workbook
    CTRL + U content of cells overlying cell copy
    CTRL + ü Select all cells to which the current formula (direct)
    CTRL + V Paste from clipboard
    CTRL + W Close window
    CTRL + X Cut the selection
    CTRL + Y Repeat the last action
    CTRL + Z Undo the last action

  47. Guru says:

    Hi can plz help???
    tis short cut is not working
    Select visible cells only ALT + ;

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  49. manikant says:

    HI,
    i am very fine how are you your lession is very useful i am very happy so that you give me any format in excel your formula is very easy thanks for your corporate

  50. Rick says:

    I often have to switch between how Excel moves to the next cell when you hit Enter. Sometimes I want it to go down, sometimes I want it to go to the right. So one of my most used shortcuts is
    Alt+F, I, A, Alt+I,
    From there you can press D for down or R for right.
    I know it sounds complex, but once you learn it it goes much faster than clicking with the mouse.
    Thank you for sharing all your info about Excel on this wonderful website!

  51. Faddy says:

    Great work and nice short cuts

  52. Vipul says:

    @Rick I would the same in an even simpler way.. With your default settings, Hit Enter to move down and hit Tab to move right! 🙂

  53. ASHWINI says:

    Could some one please provide me the formulas that can be used in excel like V look up, sum, and others.. i am not sure of other formulaes. Does some one have it.. ??

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  56. Rob says:

    Chandoo...Can you PLEASE put this into an Excel doc, so that we can download it in a list format? Give that to us for Christmas!! Thanks brother!

  57. MAHARAJA says:

    Hai how to perform the true position symbol ? Because when i make excell i can't able to type the symbol pls help me to do .

  58. Hui... says:

    @MAHARAJA
    What is the True position symbol ?
    .
    If its a Circle with a cross through it
    Choose the Symbol Font
    Using the Right Hand Numeric Keypad Alt 0197

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  60. Mike H says:

    You might like to update this in your article by adding an F in word underlined below - Comprehensive List of Excel Keyboard Shortcuts

    Selects all the way to a1 from cursor position

    CTRL + SHIT + HOME

    CTRL + SHIFT + HOME
      

  61. thanks bro,it is going to help me in lot, And keep update this site to help my kind of people. thanks
     

  62. Crystal says:

    great list! I was specifically looking for Paste Values and found a lot more, Thanks for compiling this 🙂 Hope to see you at a Summit ~
    Warm Regards,
    Crystal
    http://www.YouTube.com/LearnAccessByCrystal
     *
       (: have an awesome day 🙂
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  63. rajranja says:

    Stef@n :  OMG!!! This is the shortcut (CTRL ~ (tilde)) which has disturbed me a lot..

    I prefer not to use mouse while working with excel, so while doing it I sometime press some wrong key and then find my sheet get changed into something else? I after that I don't even remember which key i pressed last time??? this happened many of the time in past..
    Now I found which key I pressed and it became a very helpful shortcut for me now. Thanks Stef@n and Chandoo for this platform.  🙂

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  65. Harshit Agarwal says:

    to select blank cells press
    alt + ;

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  67. MaryLou says:

    To delete to the end of a cell use ctrl delete, useful when messing about with formulas or when autofill is not what is desired

  68. jm says:

    Hello, check
    CTRL + SHIFT + 6 to apply outside borders to selected cells.

  69. Ankita says:

    Hi, One more addition:
    Alt+D+E - to convert a text in cell separated by commas/space into different cells: for example, if there are values like ABC, DEF, HIJ in one cell and u want these values separated in different cells, you can click the cell , use ALT+D+E, Select delimited (Commas, space , etc.) and Finish. It will past values in separate column.
    I have a question, is there a way to reverse this function??
    As in can you put values of different cells in one single cell (seperated by comma or space etc.)??

  70. Chasism says:

    It doesn't appear that either:
    CTRL + SHIFT + 6 nor CTRL + SHIFT + 7 will apply outside borders to selected cells.

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  72. GM says:

    What is the ESV key? Where is the menu key? (Sorry if for the dumb questions - I'm on a Mac.)

    • Suraj Gawade says:

      ESV is not any key it is combination of keys E, S & V.
      Sorry but I didn't find any menu key in above post but for your information windows keyboard has a special key near right ctrl key is called as menu key it can show you the various options. It is equal to right click of mouse.

  73. Guy says:

    I think I am in heaven. Thanks ALL for the great posts!

  74. Fahad says:

    Ctrl+Shift+L for add/remove filters
    Alt+Down Arrow to see list in the drop down
    Space to select/deselect option in the drop down
    Alt+DFS to clear filters

  75. Ashish says:

    can we move or re-arrange the worksheet in a spreasheet with help of keyboard shorts?

  76. Ashish says:

    can we Move-copy a worksheet with help of keyboard short cut?

  77. Dawn says:

    Is it possible to get these shortcuts in a downloadable format? (Please advise if I missed a post with this contained)

  78. Ellen says:

    Any chance you can provide a Mac version? I love your site, but so much is geared to the PC that I occasionally have trouble translating. It would be great to have Mac-friendly posts too. Thanks!

  79. Martina says:

    Hello all, since you are all so awesome, I was wondering whether you would know shortcut for 'paste - special -value'

    I need that a lot within a table so I cant use it for the entire row, but was hoping that there was something. You may have mentioned but there are too many comments up there!
    THANKS x

  80. Lashawn says:

    It's awesome for me to have a website, which is helpful in favor of my know-how.
    thanks admin

  81. reema says:

    Hi Chandoo .. I am facing a problem under the heading "Here is the complete list of excel keyboard shortcuts", the links are not working
    Please could you look into it .
    Thanks a ton for the help with Excel

  82. Steve says:

    Good list of Excel keyboard short cut. I would like to add one.

    Often time, when my Excel class students were practicing the keyboard shortcuts, they would press the wrong key combination and causing the screen turning side way or upside down. This is because they pressed CTRL + ALT + Arrow Left (Right, Down). This shortcut will turn the screen to the direction of the Arrow key you pressed, i.e. CTRL + ALT + Arrow Down will turn the screen upside down.

  83. shafqat says:

    chandoo is a excelman very nice website specially for excel lover.

  84. aa says:

    Shortcuts are case sensistive in Excel. For instance, they are
    [CTRL]+[a], [CTRL]+[b], [CTRL]+[c],.. etc.
    NOT [CTRL]+[SHIFT]-[A], [CTRL]+[SHIFT]+[B],..

    [CTRL+SHIFT+B] will NOT toggle cell to BOLD

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  86. Anil says:

    Awesome post Chandoo. I started checking my knowledge on how many shortcuts do i know.. very helpful indeed 🙂

  87. Subhajit Mitra says:

    Alt+D+F+F: For Filter

    Alt+D+P: Pivot Table

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  89. Waseem says:

    Dear Sirs,
    I just need a help that when i work in Exel Sheet. If i want to edit the text in a single cell. How can i do this without holding or operating mouse. I just want to use the keyboard only.
    thanks

  90. Dheeraj says:

    For paste special you can use ALT+HVV

  91. Wendy Farkas says:

    The links on the Comprehensive Shortcuts page don't go anywhere.

  92. faris says:

    how to type ø in excel
    diameter ø
    keyboard shortcut ø

    • Hui... says:

      @Faris
      Goto the Insert, Symbol menu
      Select Normal Font
      Scroll down until you see the ø character, it is 4 rows under the lowercase w
      Insert

      You can also use its Character Code 248
      =Char(248)
      ="My answer = ";a1;Char(248)

      or you can use the keyboard Shortcut
      Hold Alt+0+2+4+8

  93. Nandan Solanki says:

    Hi,

    I am using excel 2013 latest version want to know how can i get the symbol logo of Indian ruppes which know a days very comman sign like USD $ in American currency. Please me Indian currency logo in excel.

    Regards,
    Nandan

  94. Sandra says:

    Great list of shortcuts all in one document. One I'd like to add is in the editing range is:

    ALT + EIU

    This copies the value in the active cell upwards from the point of the active cell up to the cells highlighted above within the same column.

  95. Liz says:

    ALT + ESV Enter.

    This shortcut disconnects formulas
    Sometimes I have spreadsheets that can pull out needed information for other spreadsheets or reports. To disconnect the formulas:

    * Select the cells you want to disconnect the formulas.
    * Press Control C.
    * If you want to move the information to another area, select a cell in the area you want to move the information to.
    * Press Alt + ESV and then Enter.
    * The information will copy to the new area, and the formulas will be disconnected.

    This is important, because if you try to move information without disconnecting the formulas you will get 0's in all the cells.

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  97. Kris says:

    AWESOME Chandu mama!!!!!

    I love your style

  98. Ashok says:

    Hello All,
    Ctrl+shift+0=unhide column ,is not working ,can anyone please help?

    Thanking in you!

  99. Am besten sich die Facts sicher in klären.

    [Google Translate] The best way to ensure the Facts in cleared.

  100. Kevin says:

    When a standard shortcut does not operate is there a method to restore the defaults?
    In general a Shift key is not working for shortcuts but does work for normal typing.

  101. Sandeep says:

    ALT+N+T ( To create a table)
    ALT+N+C ( To create a chart)
    ALT+M+U ( To sum the numbers)

  102. sowjanya says:

    thank u chadoo sir. because of you sir.I learn a lot of excel formulas.

  103. […] a really good list of Excel Keyboard Shortcuts available here. Another from Microsoft can be found […]

  104. Sadafkazmi says:

    HI , First of All thanks for Sharing keyboard Shortcuts.
    i have a question? How can i change small letters into Capital letters in Excel 2007?

  105. Vikas Gupta says:

    What is the shortcut key for sheet delete.

  106. Deepak says:

    ALT + AVV : This brings in data validation.
    ALT + AT : This applies/removes filters.
    ALT + WFF : This freezes/unfreezes panes

  107. Lucky says:

    I am glad knowing this link. its awesome. thanks to the admin, God bless. expecting more of this from you

  108. Ayazuddin says:

    Awwwsome!!!! no words for appreciation.

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  110. FlameRetired says:

    Using Excel 2013:

    Another thing about the Shift + spacebar shortcut is that it also works in edit mode. Followed by F4 function key it is great for locking in an anchor row .... ROW($7:$7).

    I haven't been able to find an in edit mode shortcut for selection of columns yet. Does anybody have anything on that?

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  113. VICKY RAJPUT says:

    very helpful and nice

  114. santosh says:

    {=INDEX(range1,MATCH(1,(A1=range2)*(B1=range3)*(C1=range4),0))} this formula is not working

  115. sandeep kothari says:

    Dear Chandoo, Please email me your complete list of shortcuts.

  116. nancy lugo says:

    This good information.

    Thank you.

  117. RON S says:

    You have entries for and twice, spaced not too far apart in the list.

    I've collected shortcuts from a bunch of sources and put them all into a spreadsheet. It is approaching 600 lines at the moment (some shortcuts are in more than one category). Is still growing. Feel free to download a copy

    https://1drv.ms/x/s!Am8lVyUzjKfpoj74J3Y0Q7Layp_z?e=tArhUc

  118. Christina Jaichandra Naidu says:

    I want to know how I can use the tilde key to paste something I've copied onto a dos program/sheet

  119. Gnaneshwar says:

    Really wonderful list

  120. Kanhaiyalal Newaskar. says:

    Sir, 16/11/2022
    I must salute for efforts taken by you.
    Once again I salute.

    Kanhaiyalal Newaskar.

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