EXCEL TIPS & SHORTCUTS N AVIGATE CELLS

Up, down, left, right Right Left Start of worksheet End of worksheet Start of row Up/down one screen Arrow keys Tab Shift + Tab Ctrl + Home Ctrl + End Home Page Up/ Down

C OMPLETE ACTIONS QUICKLY

Repeat last action Todays date Line break in cell
Chart selected data

F4 Ctrl + ; (semi-colon) Alt + Enter

F11

F ORMAT CHARACTERS
Bold Italic Underline Ctrl + B Ctrl + I Ctrl + U

S ELECT
Range of cells Column Row
Worksheet

Shift + move1 e.g. Shift + End Ctrl + space Shift + space

Ctrl + A (repeat if necessary)

N AVIGATE WORKBOOKS
Go to next workbook Previous Worksheet Ctrl + F6 Ctrl + Page Up

W ORK IN A RANGE
Select current range Move to range border Move up Move down Move right Move left Jump to corner Enter data/formula in all selected cells Ctrl + * Ctrl + Arrow keys Enter Shift + Enter Tab Shift + Tab Ctrl + . (period) Ctrl + Enter

W ORK WITH DIALOG BOXES

OK (or highlighted button) Cancel Move to next option Enter Esc Tab

C OPY DATA FROM ADJOINING CELLS

Fill down Fill right Copy formula from above Copy value from above Ctrl + D Ctrl + R Ctrl + ' Ctrl + "

S TANDARD ACTIONS
Save Print New workbook Open Copy Cut Paste
1

Ctrl + S Ctrl + P Ctrl + N Ctrl + O Ctrl + C Ctrl + X Enter, or Ctrl + V

C USTOM N UMBER F ORMATS

1. Select cells to format, right-click selection 2. Click Format Cells 3. Number tab, click Custom category 4. In the Type box, type a format, e.g.:
Type Number Result

As described in Navigate Cells section

#, 00000

54223 123

54 00123

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