Mastering Microsoft Excel keyboard shortcuts can significantly enhance your productivity while managing spreadsheets. With over a hundred available shortcuts, it’s challenging to memorize them all. Additionally, many shortcuts are seldom used. To simplify your workflow, we’ve compiled a list of the most effective Excel shortcuts for your convenience.
Which Excel Shortcuts are the Most Effective?
1. Frequently Used Shortcuts
Action
Shortcut
Close a workbook
Ctrl + W
Open a workbook
Ctrl+O
Save a workbook
Ctrl+S
Copy selection
Ctrl+C
Paste selection
Ctrl+V
Undo recent action
Ctrl+Z
Remove cell contents
Delete
Cut selection
Ctrl+X
Apply bold formatting
Ctrl+B
Center align cell contents
Alt + H, A, C
2. Ribbon Keyboard Shortcuts
Action
Shortcut
Go to the Home tab
Alt+H
Go to the Insert tab
Alt+N
Go to the Page Layout tab
Alt+P
Go to the Data tab
Alt+A
Go to the View tab
Alt+W
Open the context menu
Shift+F10
Add borders
Alt + H, B
Delete column
Alt + H, D, C
Go to the Formula tab
Alt+M
Hide the selected rows
Ctrl+9
3. Navigating in Cells
Action
Shortcut
Move to the edge of data region
Ctrl+Arrow Key
Move to the previous cell
Shift+Tab
Move to the next cell
Tab
Move to the beginning of the row
Home
Move to the beginning of the worksheet
Ctrl+Home
Move to the last cell in use
Ctrl+End
Move one screen down
Page Down
Move one screen up
Page Up
Move one screen to the right
Alt+Page Down
Move one screen to the left
Alt+Page Up
4. Formatting Cells
Action
Shortcut
Open Format Cells dialog
Ctrl+1
Apply or remove bold
Ctrl+B
Apply or remove italics
Ctrl+I
Apply or remove underline
Ctrl+U
Open the Font tab of the Format Cells dialog
Ctrl + Shift + F
Open the Fill tab of the Format Cells dialog
Alt + H, H
Apply the General number format
Ctrl + Shift + ~
Apply the Currency format
Ctrl + Shift + $
Apply the Percentage format
Ctrl + Shift + %
Apply the Date format
Ctrl + Shift + #
5. Working with Data, Functions, and the Formula Bar
Action
Shortcut
Start a new line in the same cell
Alt+Enter
Insert the AutoSum formula
Alt+=
Enter the current date
Ctrl+;
Enter the current time
Ctrl + Shift + :
Display the Insert Function dialog
Shift+F3
Calculate all worksheets
F9
Calculate active worksheet
Shift+F9
Insert a function
Shift+F3
Toggle absolute and relative references
F4
Display the Function Arguments dialog
Ctrl+A
This comprehensive guide includes a wide array of shortcuts to elevate your efficiency in Microsoft Excel. For additional productivity tips, check out our extensive list of Word shortcuts by clicking the highlighted link. We also provide a convenient guide on Windows 11 shortcuts.
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