Are you a Microsoft Excel User, or do you use that daily? Here’s a quick reference guide to almost every thing that you use on day to day basis.
Keyboard Shortcuts:
Description | Key |
Copy a cell | Ctrl+C |
Cut a cell | Ctrl+X |
paste a cell (as-is) | Ctrl+V |
paste a cell as value | ctrl+alt+v , then v then enter OR alt+E+S , then v then enter OR press (right click button), usually between alt and ctrl on right side and then v |
paste a cells as transpose | ctrl+alt+v, then select transpose and enter |
Selecting color of cell | alt+h, then h, then use arrow keys to select color |
selecting color of text | alt+h, then F+C, then use arrow keys to select color |
making a cell content bold | ctrl+b |
making a cell content italic | ctrl+i |
changing font of a cell | alt+h+FF, then use up/down key to select font or press alt+down arrow to open dropdown menu |
make content top aligned in a cell | alt+h+AT |
make content center aligned in a cell | alt+h+AM |
make content bottom aligned in a cell | alt+h+AB |
make content left aligned in a cell | alt+h+AL |
make content middle aligned in a cell | alt+h+AC |
make content right aligned in a cell | alt+h+AR |
increase font size by 1pt | alt+h+FG |
decrease font size by 1pt | alt+h+FK |
selecting border of a cell | alt+h+b, then choose from drop down menu using arrow keys |
Wrap Text toggle | alt+h+w |
Merge and Center | alt+h+mc |
Merge only | alt+h+mm |
Change Cell Type | alt+h+n, then choose from drop down menu or write format. |
adding a row | Select row where you wish to insert, then press Ctrl+Shift+ “+” |
adding a column | Select column where you wish to insert, then press Ctrl+Shift+”+” |
deleting a row | Select row to be deleted, then press Ctrl+ “-“ |
deleting a column | Select column to be deleted, then press Ctrl+ “-“ |
insert a pivot table | alt+n+v |
insert a pivot chart | alt+n+SZ, then c |
insert a picture | alt+n+p |
insert a bar chart | alt+n+c |
insert a pie chart | alt+n+q |
refresh sheets | alt+a+r+a |
insert data from text file | alt+a+ft |
sort data (A to Z or lowest to highest) | alt+a+SA |
sort data (Z to A or highest to lowest) | alt+a+SA |
Toggling filters | alt+d+ff or alt+a+t or ctrl+shift+L |
Text to columns | alt+a+e |
remove duplicates | alt+a+m |
roam between sheets | ctrl+pagedown or ctrl+pageup |
roam between workbooks | ctrl+shift+tab or ctrl+tab |