Below is a listing of most of the major shortcut keys and key combinations usable in Microsoft Excel. See the computer shortcuts page if you are looking for shortcut keys used in other programs.
Tip: To search for a specific item, modifier, or function, press Ctrl+F on your keyboard, type in keywords, and then click the up and down arrows to cycle through the options.
Tip: To search for a specific item, modifier, or function, press Ctrl+F on your keyboard, type in keywords, and then click the up and down arrows to cycle through the options.
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Description
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Ctrl+A
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Select all contents of a worksheet.
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Ctrl+B
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Bold all cells in the highlighted section.
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Ctrl+C
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Copy all cells in the highlighted section.
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Ctrl+D
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Fill down. Fills the cell beneath with the contents of the
selected cell. To fill more than one cell, select the source cell and
press Ctrl+Shift+Down to select multiple cells. Then
press Ctrl+D to fill them with the contents of the original
cell.
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Ctrl+F
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Search current sheet.
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Ctrl+G
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Go to a certain area.
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Ctrl+H
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Find and replace.
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Ctrl+I
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Puts italics on all cells in the highlighted section.
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Ctrl+K
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Ctrl+N
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Creates a new workbook.
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Ctrl+O
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Opens a workbook.
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Ctrl+P
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Print the current sheet.
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Ctrl+R
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Fill right. Fills the cell to the right with the contents of
the selected cell. To fill more than one cell, select the source cell and
press Ctrl+Shift+Rightto select multiple cells. Then press Ctrl+R to
fill them with the contents of the original cell.
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Ctrl+S
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Saves the open worksheet.
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Ctrl+U
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Underlines all cells in the highlighted section.
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Ctrl+V
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Ctrl+W
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Closes the current workbook.
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Ctrl+X
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Cuts all cells within the highlighted section.
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Ctrl+Y
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Repeats the last entry.
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Ctrl+Z
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Undo the last action.
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Ctrl+1
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Changes the format of the selected cells.
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Ctrl+2
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Bolds all cells in the highlighted section.
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Ctrl+3
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Puts italics all cells in the highlighted section.
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Ctrl+4
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Underlines all cells in highlighted section.
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Ctrl+5
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Ctrl+6
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Shows or hides objects.
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Ctrl+7
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Ctrl+8
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Toggles the outline symbols.
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Ctrl+9
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Hides rows.
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Ctrl+0
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Hides columns.
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Ctrl+Shift+:
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Enters the current time.
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Ctrl+;
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Enters the current date.
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Ctrl+`
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Changes between displaying cell values or formulas in the
worksheet.
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Ctrl+'
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Copies a formula from the cell above.
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Ctrl+Shift+"
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Copies value from cell above.
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Ctrl+-
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Deletes the selected column or row.
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Ctrl+Shift+=
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Inserts a new column or row.
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Ctrl+Shift+~
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Switches between showing Excel formulas or their values in
cells.
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Ctrl+Shift+@
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Applies time formatting.
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Ctrl+Shift+!
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Applies comma formatting.
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Ctrl+Shift+$
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Applies currency formatting.
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Ctrl+Shift+#
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Applies date formatting.
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Ctrl+Shift+%
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Applies percentage formatting.
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Ctrl+Shift+^
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Applies exponential formatting.
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Ctrl+Shift+*
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Selects the current region around the active cell.
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Ctrl+Shift+&
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Places border around selected cells.
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Ctrl+Shift+_
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Removes a border.
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Ctrl++
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Insert.
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Ctrl+-
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Delete.
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Ctrl+Shift+(
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Unhide rows.
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Ctrl+Shift+)
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Unhide columns.
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Ctrl+/
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Selects the array containing the active cell.
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Ctrl+\
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Selects the cells that have a static value or don’t match the
formula in the active cell.
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Ctrl+[
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Selects all cells referenced by formulas in the highlighted
section.
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Ctrl+]
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Selects cells that contain formulas that reference the active
cell.
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Ctrl+Shift+{
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Selects all cells directly or indirectly referenced by
formulas in the highlighted section.
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Ctrl+Shift+}
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Selects cells which contain formulas that directly or
indirectly reference the active cell.
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Selects the cells within a column that don’t match the formula
or static value in the active cell.
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Ctrl+Enter
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Fills the selected cells with the current entry.
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Ctrl+Spacebar
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Selects the entire column.
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Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar
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Selects the entire worksheet.
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Ctrl+Home
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Move to cell A1.
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Ctrl+End
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Move to last cell on worksheet.
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Ctrl+Tab
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Move between Two or more open Excel files.
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Ctrl+Shift+Tab
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Activates the previous workbook.
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Ctrl+Shift+A
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Inserts argument names into a formula.
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Ctrl+Shift+F
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Ctrl+Shift+O
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Selects all of the cells that contain comments.
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Ctrl+Shift+P
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Opens the drop-down menu for point size.
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Shift+Insert
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Pastes what is stored on the clipboard.
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Shift+Page Up
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In a single column, highlights all cells above that are
selected.
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Shift+Page Down
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In a single column, highlights all cells above that are
selected.
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Shift+Home
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Shift+End
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Highlights all text to the right of the cursor.
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Shift+Up Arrow
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Extends the highlighted area up one cell.
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Shift+Down Arrow
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Extends the highlighted area down one cell.
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Shift+Left Arrow
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Extends the highlighted area left one character.
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Shift +Right Arrow
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Extends the highlighted area right one character.
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Alt+Tab
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Cycles through applications.
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Alt+Spacebar
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Opens the system menu.
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Alt+Backpspace
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Undo.
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Alt+Enter
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While typing text in a cell, pressing Alt+Enter will move to
the next line, allowing for multiple lines of text in one cell.
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Alt+=
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Creates a formula to sum all of the above cells.
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Alt+'
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Allows formatting on a dialog box.
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F1
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Opens the Help menu.
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F2
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F3
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F4
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Repeats last action. For example, if you changed the color of
text in another cell, pressing F4 will change the text in cell to the same
color.
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F5
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Goes to a specific cell. For example, C6.
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F6
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F7
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Spell check selected text or document.
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F8
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Enters Extend Mode.
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F9
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Recalculates every workbook.
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F10
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F11
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F12
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Shift+F1
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Opens the "What's This?" window.
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Shift+F2
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Allows the user to edit a cell comment.
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Shift+F3
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Shift+F5
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Brings up a search box.
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Shift+F6
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Move to previous pane.
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Shift+F8
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Add to selection.
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Shift+F9
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Performs calculate function on active sheet.
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Ctrl+F3
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Ctrl+F4
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Closes current Window.
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Ctrl+F5
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Restores window size.
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Ctrl+F6
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Next workbook.
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Ctrl+Shift+F6
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Previous workbook.
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Ctrl+F7
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Moves the window.
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Ctrl+F8
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Resizes the window.
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Ctrl+F9
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Ctrl+F10
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Ctrl+F11
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Inserts a macro sheet.
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Ctrl+F12
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Opens a file.
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Ctrl+Shift+F3
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Creates names by using those of either row or column labels.
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Ctrl+Shift+F6
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Moves to the previous worksheet window.
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Ctrl+Shift+F12
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Prints the current worksheet.
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Alt+F1
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Inserts a chart.
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Alt+F2
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Alt+F4
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Exits Excel.
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Alt+F8
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Opens the macro dialog box.
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Alt+F11
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Opens the Visual Basic editor.
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Alt+Shift+F1
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Creates a new worksheet.
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Alt+Shift+F2
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Saves the current worksheet.
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