Usefull Shortcut Keys of Excel

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Shortcut key Action Menu equivalent comments Version Ctrl+A Select All None All Ctrl+B Bold Format, Cells, Font, Font Style, Bold All Ctrl+C Copy Edit, Copy All Ctrl+D Fill Down Edit, Fill, Down All Ctrl+F Find Edit, Find All Ctrl+G Goto Edit, Goto All Ctrl+H Replace Edit, Replace All Ctrl+I Italic Format, Cells, Font, Font Style, Italic All Ctrl+K Insert Hyperlink Insert, Hyperlink Excel 97/2000 Ctrl+N New Workbook File, New All Ctrl+O Open File, Open All Ctrl+P Print File, Print All Ctrl+R Fill Right Edit, Fill Right All Ctrl+S Save File, Save All Ctrl+U Underline Format, Cells, Font, Underline, Single All Ctrl+V Paste Edit, Paste All Ctrl W Close File, Close Excel 97/2000 Ctrl+X Cut Edit, Cut All Ctrl+Y Repeat Edit, Repeat All Ctrl+Z Undo Edit, Undo All F1 Help Help, Contents and Index All F2 Edit None All F3 Paste Name Insert, Name, Paste All F4 Repeat last action Edit, Repeat. Works while not in Edit mode. All F4 While typing a formula, switch between absolute/relative refs None All F5 Goto Edit, Goto All F6 Next Pane None All F7 Spell check Tools, Spelling All F8 Extend mode None All F9 Recalculate all workbooks Tools, Options, Calculation, Calc,Now All F10 Activate Menubar N/A All F11 New Chart Insert, Chart All F12 Save As File, Save As All Ctrl+: Insert Current Time None All Ctrl+; Insert Current Date None All Ctrl+" Copy Value from Cell Above Edit, Paste Special, Value All Ctrl+' Copy Fromula from Cell Above Edit, Copy All Shift Hold down shift for additional functions in Excel's menu none Excel 97/2000 Shift+F1 What's This? Help, What's This? All Shift+F2 Edit cell comment Insert, Edit Comments All Shift+F3 Paste function into formula Insert, Function All Shift+F4 Find Next Edit, Find, Find Next All Shift+F5 Find Edit, Find, Find Next All Shift+F6 Previous Pane None All Shift+F8 Add to selection None All Shift+F9 Calculate active worksheet Calc Sheet All Shift+F10 Display shortcut menu None All Shift+F11 New worksheet Insert, Worksheet All Shift+F12 Save File, Save All Ctrl+F3 Define name Insert, Names, Define All Ctrl+F4 Close File, Close All Ctrl+F5 XL, Restore window size Restore All Ctrl+F6 Next workbook window Window, ... All Shift+Ctrl+F6 Previous workbook window Window, ... All Ctrl+F7 Move window XL, Move All Ctrl+F8 Resize window XL, Size All Ctrl+F9 Minimize workbook XL, Minimize All Ctrl+F10 Maximize or restore window XL, Maximize All Ctrl+F11 Inset 4.0 Macro sheet None in Excel 97. In versions prior to 97 - Insert, Macro, 4.0 Macro All Ctrl+F12 File Open File, Open All Alt+F1 Insert Chart Insert, Chart... All 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 Tools,Macros - in earlier versions Excel 97/2000 Alt+F11 Visual Basic Editor Tools, Macro, Visual Basic Editor Excel 97/2000 Ctrl+Shift+F3 Create name by using names of row and column labels Insert, Name, Create All Ctrl+Shift+F6 Previous Window Window, ... All Ctrl+Shift+F12 Print File, Print All Alt+Shift+F1 New worksheet Insert, Worksheet All Alt+Shift+F2 Save File, Save All Alt+= AutoSum No direct equivalent All Ctrl+` Toggle Value/Formula display Tools, Options, View, Formulas All Ctrl+Shift+A Insert argument names into formula No direct equivalent All Alt+Down arrow Display AutoComplete list None Excel 95 Alt+' Format Style dialog box Format, Style All Ctrl+Shift+~ General format Format, Cells, Number, Category, General All Ctrl+Shift+! Comma format Format, Cells, Number, Category, Number All Ctrl+Shift+@ Time format Format, Cells, Number, Category, Time All Ctrl+Shift+# Date format Format, Cells, Number, Category, Date All Ctrl+Shift+$ Currency format Format, Cells, Number, Category, Currency All Ctrl+Shift+% Percent format Format, Cells, Number, Category, Percentage All Ctrl+Shift+^ Exponential format Format, Cells, Number, Category, All Ctrl+Shift+& Place outline border around selected cells Format, Cells, Border All Ctrl+Shift+_ Remove outline border Format, Cells, Border All Ctrl+Shift+* Select current region Edit, Goto, Special, Current Region All Ctrl++ Insert Insert, (Rows, Columns, or Cells) Depends on selection All Ctrl+- Delete Delete, (Rows, Columns, or Cells) Depends on selection All Ctrl+1 Format cells dialog box Format, Cells All Ctrl+2 Bold Format, Cells, Font, Font Style, Bold All Ctrl+3 Italic Format, Cells, Font, Font Style, Italic All Ctrl+4 Underline Format, Cells, Font, Font Style, Underline All Ctrl+5 Strikethrough Format, Cells, Font, Effects, Strikethrough All Ctrl+6 Show/Hide objects Tools, Options, View, Objects, Show All/Hide All Ctrl+7 Show/Hide Standard toolbar View, Toolbars, Stardard All Ctrl+8 Toggle Outline symbols None All Ctrl+9 Hide rows Format, Row, Hide All Ctrl+0 Hide columns Format, Column, Hide All Ctrl+Shift+( Unhide rows Format, Row, Unhide All Ctrl+Shift+) Unhide columns Format, Column, Unhide All Alt or F10 Activate the menu None All Ctrl+Tab In toolbar: next toolbar None Excel 97/2000 Shift+Ctrl+Tab In toolbar: previous toolbar None Excel 97/2000 Ctrl+Tab In a workbook: activate next workbook None