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Excels Keyboard Shortcuts

Short cuts Action Comments Version

Ct r l+ A Select All None All

Ct r l+ B Bold Form at , Cells, Font , Font St yle, All

Bold

Ct r l+ C Copy Edit , Copy All

Ct r l+ D Fill Down Edit , Fill, Down All

Ct r l+ F Find Edit , Find All

Ct r l+ G Got o Edit , Got o All

Ct r l+ H Replace Edit , Replace All

Ct r l+ I I t alic Form at , Cells, Font , Font St yle, All

I t alic

Ct r l+ K I nsert Hyperlink I nsert , Hyperlink Excel

97/ 2000

Ct r l+ N New Workbook File, New All

Ct r l+ O Open File, Open All

Ct r l+ P Print File, Print All

Ct r l+ R Fill Right Edit , Fill Right All

Ct r l+ S Save File, Save All

Ct r l+ U Underline Form at , Cells, Font , Underline, All

Single

Ct r l+ V Past e Edit , Past e All

Ct r l W Close File, Close Excel

97/ 2000

Ct r l+ X Cut Edit , Cut All

Ct r l+ Y Repeat Edit , Repeat All

Ct r l+ Z Undo Edit , Undo All

F1 Help Help, Cont ent s and I ndex All

F2 Edit None All

F3 Past e Nam e I nsert , Nam e, Past e All

F4 Repeat last act ion Edit , Repeat . Works while not in All
Edit m ode.

F4 While t yping a form ula, swit ch None All

bet ween absolut e/ relat ive refs

F5 Got o Edit , Got o All

F6 Next Pane None All

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F7 Spell check Tools, Spelling All

F8 Ext end m ode None All

F9 Recalculat e all workbooks Tools, Opt ions, Calculat ion, All

Calc,Now

F1 0 Act ivat e Menubar N/ A All

F1 1 New Chart I nsert , Chart All

F1 2 Save As File, Save As All

Ct r l+ : I nsert Current Tim e None All

Ct r l+ ; I nsert Current Dat e None All

Ct r l+ " Copy Value from Cell Above Edit , Past e Special, Value All

Ct r l+ ' Copy From ula from Cell Above Edit , Copy All

Sh ift Hold down shift for addit ional none Excel

funct ions in Excel's m enu 97/ 2000

Sh ift + F1 What 's This? Help, What 's This? All

Sh ift + F2 Edit cell com m ent I nsert , Edit Com m ent s All

Sh ift + F3 Past e funct ion int o form ula I nsert , Funct ion All

Sh ift + F4 Find Next Edit , Find, Find Next All

Sh ift + F5 Find Edit , Find, Find Next All

Sh ift + F6 Previous Pane None All

Sh ift + F8 Add t o select ion None All

Sh ift + F9 Calculat e act ive worksheet Calc Sheet All

Sh ift + F1 0 Display short cut m enu None All

Sh ift + F1 1 New worksheet I nsert , Worksheet All

Sh ift + F1 2 Save File, Save All

Ct r l+ F3 Define nam e I nsert , Nam es, Define All

Ct r l+ F4 Close File, Close All

Ct r l+ F5 XL, Rest ore window size Rest ore All

Ct r l+ F6 Next workbook window Window, ... All

Sh ift + Ct r l+ F6 Previous workbook window Window, ... All

Ct r l+ F7 Move window XL, Move All

Ct r l+ F8 Resize window XL, Size All

Ct r l+ F9 Minim ize workbook XL, Minim ize All

Ct r l+ F1 0 Maxim ize or rest ore window XL, Maxim ize All

Ct r l+ F1 1 I nset 4.0 Macro sheet None in Excel 97. I n versions prior All
t o 97 - I nsert , Macro, 4.0 Macro

Ct r l+ F1 2 File Open File, Open All

Alt + F1 I nsert Chart I nsert , Chart ... All

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Alt + F2 Save As File, Save As All

Alt + F4 Exit File, Exit All

Alt + F8 Macro dialog box Tools, Macro, Macros in Excel 97 Excel

Tools,Macros - in earlier versions 97/ 2000

Alt + F1 1 Visual Basic Edit or Tools, Macro, Visual Basic Edit or Excel
97/ 2000

Ct r l+ Sh ift + F3 Creat e nam e by using nam es of I nsert , Nam e, Creat e All

row and colum n labels

Ct r l+ Sh ift + F6 Previous Window Window, ... All

Ct r l+ Sh ift + F1 2 Print File, Print All

Alt + Sh ift + F1 New worksheet I nsert , Worksheet All

Alt + Sh ift + F2 Save File, Save All

Alt + = Aut oSum No direct equivalent All

Ct r l+ ` Toggle Value/ Form ula display Tools, Opt ions, View, Form ulas All

Ct r l+ Sh ift + A I nsert argum ent nam es int o No direct equivalent All

form ula

Alt + D ow n Display Aut oCom plet e list None Excel 95

a r r ow

Alt + ' Form at St yle dialog box Form at , St yle All

Ct r l+ Sh ift + ~ General form at Form at , Cells, Num ber, Cat egory, All
General

Ct r l+ Sh ift + ! Com m a form at Form at , Cells, Num ber, Cat egory, All
Num ber

Ct r l+ Sh ift + @ Tim e form at Form at , Cells, Num ber, Cat egory, All
Tim e

Ct r l+ Sh ift + # Dat e form at Form at , Cells, Num ber, Cat egory, All
Dat e

Ct r l+ Sh ift + $ Currency form at Form at , Cells, Num ber, Cat egory, All
Currency

Ct r l+ Sh ift + % Percent form at Form at , Cells, Num ber, Cat egory, All
Percent age

Ct r l+ Sh ift + ^ Exponent ial form at Form at , Cells, Num ber, Cat egory, All

Ct r l+ Sh ift + & Place out line border around Form at , Cells, Border All
select ed cells

Ct r l+ Sh ift + _ Rem ove out line border Form at , Cells, Border All

Ct r l+ Sh ift + * Select current region Edit , Got o, Special, Current Region All

Ct r l+ + I nsert I nsert , ( Rows, Colum ns, or Cells) All

Depends on select ion

Ct r l+ - Delet e Delet e, ( Rows, Colum ns, or Cells) All

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Depends on select ion

Ct r l+ 1 Form at cells dialog box Form at , Cells All

Ct r l+ 2 Bold Form at , Cells, Font , Font St yle, All

Bold

Ct r l+ 3 I t alic Form at , Cells, Font , Font St yle, All

I t alic

Ct r l+ 4 Underline Form at , Cells, Font , Font St yle, All

Underline

Ct r l+ 5 St riket hrough Form at , Cells, Font , Effect s, All

St riket hrough

Ct r l+ 6 Show/ Hide obj ect s Tools, Opt ions, View, Obj ect s, All
Show All/ Hide

Ct r l+ 7 Show/ Hide St andard t oolbar View, Toolbars, St ardard All

Ct r l+ 8 Toggle Out line sym bols None All

Ct r l+ 9 Hide rows Form at , Row, Hide All

Ct r l+ 0 Hide colum ns Form at , Colum n, Hide All

Ct r l+ Sh ift + ( Unhide rows Form at , Row, Unhide All

Ct r l+ Sh ift + ) Unhide colum ns Form at , Colum n, Unhide All

Alt or F1 0 Act ivat e t he m enu None All

Ct r l+ Tab I n t oolbar: next t oolbar None Excel

97/ 2000

Sh ift + Ct r l+ Tab I n t oolbar: previous t oolbar None Excel

97/ 2000

Ct r l+ Tab I n a workbook: act ivat e next None

workbook

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