MICRO SOFT EXCEL SHORT CUT KEYS
| SHORTCUT KEY | ACTION |
| CTRL+A | SELECT ALL |
| CTRL+B | BOLD |
| CTRL+C | COPY |
| CTRL+D | FILL DOWN |
| 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 | |
| CTRL+R | FILL RIGHT |
| CTRL+S | SAVE |
| CTRL+U | UNDERLINE |
| CTRL+V | PASTE |
| CTRL W | CLOSE |
| CTRL+X | CUT |
| CTRL+Y | REPEAT |
| CTRL+Z | UNDO |
| SHIFT | HOLD DOWN SHIFT FOR ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS IN EXCEL’S MENU |
| SHIFT+F1 | WHAT’S THIS? |
| SHIFT+F2 | EDIT CELL COMMENT |
| SHIFT+F3 | PASTE FUNCTION INTO FORMULA |
| SHIFT+F4 | FIND NEXT |
| SHIFT+F5 | FIND |
| SHIFT+F6 | PREVIOUS PANE |
| SHIFT+F8 | ADD TO SELECTION |
| SHIFT+F9 | CALCULATE ACTIVE WORKSHEET |
| CTRL+ALT+F9 | CALCULATE ALL WORKSHEETS IN ALL OPEN WORKBOOKS, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY HAVE CHANGED SINCE THE LAST CALCULATION. |
| CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+F9 | RECHECKS DEPENDENT FORMULAS AND THEN CALCULATES ALL CELLS IN ALL OPEN WORKBOOKS, INCLUDING CELLS NOT MARKED AS NEEDING TO BE CALCULATED. |
| SHIFT+F10 | DISPLAY SHORTCUT MENU |
| SHIFT+F11 | NEW WORKSHEET |
| SHIFT+F12 | SAVE |
| CTRL+F3 | DEFINE NAME |
| CTRL+F4 | CLOSE |
| CTRL+F5 | XL, 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 | |
| ALT+SHIFT+F1 | NEW WORKSHEET |
| ALT+SHIFT+F2 | SAVE |
| ALT+= | AUTOSUM |
| CTRL+` | TOGGLE VALUE/FORMULA DISPLAY |
| CTRL+SHIFT+A | INSERT ARGUMENT NAMES INTO FORMULA |
| ALT+DOWN ARROW | DISPLAY AUTOCOMPLETE LIST |
| ALT+’ | FORMAT STYLE DIALOG BOX |
| 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 THE CURRENT REGION AROUND THE ACTIVE CELL. IN A PIVOTTABLE REPORT, SELECT THE ENTIRE PIVOTTABLE REPORT. |
| CTRL++ | INSERT |
| CTRL+- | DELETE |
| 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 |