If you are going to learn Microsoft Excel. Then you must know about all the shortcut keys of Excel, this will help you in increasing your Excel skills. We have tried to cover all the excel keys here.
Learn All Excel Shortcut Keys
Shortcut | Action |
Ctrl+A | Select All |
Ctrl+B | Bold |
Ctrl+C | Copy |
Ctrl+D | Fill Down |
Ctrl+F | Find |
Ctrl+G | Goto |
Ctrl+H | Replace |
Ctrl+I | Italic |
Ctrl+K | Insert Hyperlink |
Ctrl+N | New Workbook |
Ctrl+O | Open |
Ctrl+P | |
Ctrl+R | Fill Right |
Ctrl+S | Save |
Ctrl+U | Underline |
Ctrl+V | Paste |
Ctrl W | Close |
Ctrl+X | Cut |
Ctrl+Y | Repeat |
Ctrl+Z | Undo |
F1 | Help |
F2 | Edit |
F3 | Paste Name |
F4 | Repeat last action |
F4 | While typing a formulaswitch between absolute/relative refs |
F5 | Goto |
F6 | Next Pane |
F7 | Spell check |
F8 | Extend mode |
F9 | Recalculate all workbooks |
F10 | Activate Menubar |
F11 | New Chart |
F12 | Save As |
Ctrl+: | Insert Current Time |
Ctrl+; | Insert Current Date |
Ctrl+” | Copy Value from Cell Above |
Ctrl+’ | Copy Fromula from Cell Above |
Shift | Hold down shift for additional functions in Excel’s menu |
Shift+F1 | What’s This? |
Shift+F2 | Edit cell comment |
Shift+F3 | Paste function into formula |
Shift+F4 | Find Next |
Shift+F5 | Find |
Shift+F6 | Previous Pane |
Shift+F8 | Add to selection |
Shift+F9 | Calculate active worksheet |
Shift+F10 | Display shortcut menu |
Shift+F11 | New worksheet |
Shift+F12 | Save |
Ctrl+F3 | Define name |
Ctrl+F4 | Close |
Ctrl+F5 | XLRestore window size |
Ctrl+F6 | Next workbook window |
Shift+Ctrl+F6 | Previous workbook window |
Ctrl+F7 | Move window |
Ctrl+F8 | Resize window |
Ctrl+F9 | Minimize workbook |
Ctrl+F10 | Maximize or restore window |
Ctrl+F11 | Inset 4.0 Macro sheet |
Ctrl+F12 | File Open |
Alt+F1 | Insert Chart |
Alt+F2 | Save As |
Alt+F4 | Exit |
Alt+F8 | Macro dialog box |
Alt+F11 | Visual Basic Editor |
Ctrl+Shift+F3 | Create name by using names of row and column labels |
Ctrl+Shift+F6 | Previous Window |
Ctrl+Shift+F12 | |
Alt+Shift+F1 | New worksheet |
Alt+Shift+F2 | Save |
Alt+= | AutoSum |
Ctrl+` | Toggle Value/Formula display |
Ctrl+Shift+A | Insert argument names into formula |
Alt+Down arrow | Display AutoComplete list |
Alt+’ | Format Style dialog box |
Ctrl+Shift+~ | General format |
Ctrl+Shift+! | Comma format |
Ctrl+Shift+@ | Time format |
Ctrl+Shift+# | Date format |
Ctrl+Shift+$ | Currency format |
Ctrl+Shift+% | Percent format |
Ctrl+Shift+^ | Exponential format |
Ctrl+Shift+& | Place outline border around selected cells |
Ctrl+Shift+_ | Remove outline border |
Ctrl+Shift+* | Select current region |
Ctrl++ | Insert |
Ctrl+- | Delete |
Ctrl+1 | Format cells dialog box |
Ctrl+2 | Bold |
Ctrl+3 | Italic |
Ctrl+4 | Underline |
Ctrl+5 | Strikethrough |
Ctrl+6 | Show/Hide objects |
Ctrl+7 | Show/Hide Standard toolbar |
Ctrl+8 | Toggle Outline symbols |
Ctrl+9 | Hide rows |
Ctrl+0 | Hide columns |
Ctrl+Shift+( | Unhide rows |
Ctrl+Shift+) | Unhide columns |
Alt or F10 | Activate the menu |
Ctrl+Tab | In toolbar: next toolbar |
Ctrl+Tab | In a workbook: activate next workbook |
Shift+Ctrl+Tab | In toolbar: previous toolbar |
Shift+Ctrl+Tab | In a workbook: activate previous workbook |
Tab | Next tool |
Shift+Tab | Previous tool |
Enter | Do the command |
Shift+Ctrl+F | Font Drop Down List |
Shift+Ctrl+F+F | Font tab of Format Cell Dialog box |
Shift+Ctrl+P | Point size Drop Down List |