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Excel shortcut keys
- F2 – Edit the selected cell
- F5 – Go to a specific cell
- F7 – Spell check selected text and/or document
- F11 – Create a chart
- Ctrl + Shift + ; – Enter the current time
- Ctrl + ; – Enter the current date
- Alt + Shift + F1 – Insert a new worksheet
- Shift + F3 – Open the Excel formula window
- Shift + F5 – Bring up the search box
- Ctrl + A – Select all contents of a worksheet
- Ctrl + B – Bold highlighted selection
- Ctrl + I – Italicize highlighted selection
- Ctrl + C – Copy selected text
- Ctrl + V – Paste
- Ctrl + D – Fill
- Ctrl + K – Insert link
- Ctrl + F – Open find and replace options
- Ctrl + G – Open go-to options
- Ctrl + H – Open find and replace options
- Ctrl + U – Underline highlighted selection
- Ctrl + Y – Underline selected text
- Ctrl + 5 – Strikethrough highlighted selection
- Ctrl + N – Create a new workbook
- Ctrl + P – Open a print dialog box
- Ctrl + S – Save the changes
- Ctrl + Z – Undo the last action
- Ctrl + F9 – Minimize the current window
- Ctrl + F10 – Maximize the currently selected window
- Ctrl + F6 – Switch between open workbooks/windows
- Ctrl + Page up & Page Down – Move between Excel worksheets in the same document
- Ctrl + Tab – Move between two or more open Excel files
- Alt + = – Create the formula to sum all of the above cells
- Ctrl + – Insert the value of the above cell into the current cell
- Ctrl + Shift + ! – To format number in comma format
- Ctrl + Shift + $ – To format number in currency format
- Ctrl + Shift + # – To format number in date format
- Ctrl + Shift + % – To format number in percentage format
- Ctrl + Shift + ^ – To format number in scientific format
- Ctrl + Shift + @ – To format number in time format
- Ctrl + (Right arrow) – Move to the next section of text
- Ctrl + Space – Select an entire column
- Shift + Space – Select an entire row
- Ctrl + W – Close the document
