| Shortcut | Description |
| Tab | To Move to the next cell, to the right of the currently selected cell. |
| Ctrl+A | To Select all contents of a worksheet. |
| Ctrl+B | To Bold all cells in the highlighted section. |
| Ctrl+C | To Copy all cells in the highlighted section. |
| Ctrl+D | To 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 arrow to select multiple cells. Then press Ctrl+D to fill them with the contents of the original cell. |
| Ctrl+F | To Search current sheet. |
| Ctrl+G | To Go to a certain area. |
| Ctrl+H | To Find and replace. |
| Ctrl+I | To Puts italics on all cells in the highlighted section. |
| Ctrl+K | To Inserts a hyperlink. |
| Ctrl+L | To Opens the Create Table dialog box. |
| Ctrl+N | To Creates a new workbook. |
| Ctrl+O | To Opens a workbook. |
| Ctrl+P | To Print the current sheet. |
| Ctrl+R | To 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+Right arrow to select multiple cells. Then press Ctrl+R to fill them with the contents of the original cell. |
| Ctrl+S | To Saves the open worksheet. |
| Ctrl+T | To Open the Create Table dialog box. |
| Ctrl+U | To Underlines all cells in the highlighted section. |
| Ctrl+V | To Pastes everything copied onto the clipboard. |
| Ctrl+W | To Closes the current workbook. |
| Ctrl+X | To Cuts all cells in the highlighted section. |
| Ctrl+Y | To Repeats the last entry (redo). |
| Ctrl+Z | To Undo the last action. |
| Ctrl+1 | To Changes the format of the selected cells. |
| Ctrl+2 | To Bolds all cells in the highlighted section. |
| Ctrl+3 | To Puts italics all cells in the highlighted section. |
| Ctrl+4 | To Underlines all cells in highlighted section. |
| Ctrl+5 | To Puts a strikethrough all cells in the highlighted section. |
| Ctrl+6 | To Shows or hides objects. |
| Ctrl+7 | To Shows or hides the toolbar. |
| Ctrl+8 | To Toggles the outline symbols. |
| Ctrl+9 | To Hides rows. |
| Ctrl+0 | To Hides columns. |
| Ctrl+Shift+: | To Enters the current time. |
| Ctrl+; | To Enters the current date. |
| Ctrl+` | To Changes between displaying cell values or formulas in the worksheet. |
| Ctrl+’ | To Copies a formula from the cell above. |
| Ctrl+Shift+” | To Copies value from cell above. |
| Ctrl+- | To Deletes the selected column or row. |
| Ctrl+Shift+= | To Inserts a new column or row. |
| Ctrl+Shift+~ | To Switches between showing Excel formulas or their values in cells. |
| Ctrl+Shift+@ | To Applies time formatting. |
| Ctrl+Shift+! | To Applies comma formatting. |
| Ctrl+Shift+$ | To Applies currency formatting. |
| Ctrl+Shift+# | To Applies date formatting. |
| Ctrl+Shift+% | To Applies percentage formatting. |
| Ctrl+Shift+^ | To Applies exponential formatting. |
| Ctrl+Shift+* | To Selects the current region around the active cell. |
| Ctrl+Shift+& | To Places border around selected cells. |
| Ctrl+Shift+_ | To Removes a border. |
| Ctrl++ | To Insert. |
| Ctrl+- | To Delete. |
| Ctrl+Shift+( | To Unhide rows. |
| Ctrl+Shift+) | To Unhide columns. |
| Ctrl+/ | To Selects the array containing the active cell. |
| Ctrl+\ | To Selects the cells with a static value or don’t match the formula in the active cell. |
| Ctrl+[ | To Selects all cells referenced by formulas in the highlighted section. |
| Ctrl+] | To Selects cells that contain formulas that reference the active cell. |
| Ctrl+Shift+{ | To Selects all cells directly or indirectly referenced by formulas in the highlighted section. |
| Ctrl+Shift+} | To Selects cells which contain formulas that directly or indirectly reference the active cell. |
| Ctrl+Shift+| (pipe) | To Selects the cells within a column that don’t match the formula or static value in the active cell. |
| Ctrl+Enter | To Fills the selected cells with the current entry. |
| Ctrl+Spacebar | To Selects the entire column. |
| Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar | To Selects the entire worksheet. |
| Ctrl+Home | To Move to cell A1. |
| Ctrl+End | To Move to last cell with text on the worksheet. |
| Ctrl+Tab | To Move between Two or more open Excel files. |
| Ctrl+Shift+Tab | To Activates the previous workbook. |
| Ctrl+Shift+A | To Inserts argument names into a formula. |
| Ctrl+Shift+F | To Opens the drop-down menu for fonts. |
| Ctrl+Shift+O | To Selects all of the cells that contain comments. |
| Ctrl+Shift+P | To Opens the drop-down menu for point size. |
| Shift+Insert | To Pastes what is stored on the clipboard. |
| Shift+Page | To In a single column, highlights all cells above that are selected. |
| Up | |
| Shift+Page | To In a single column, highlights all cells above that are selected. |
| Down | |
| Shift+Home | To Highlights all text to the left of the cursor. |
| Shift+End | To Highlights all text to the right of the cursor. |
| Shift+Up Arrow | To Extends the highlighted area up one cell. |
| Shift+Down Arrow | To Extends the highlighted area down one cell. |
| Shift+Left Arrow | To Extends the highlighted area left one character. |
| Shift+Right Arrow | To Extends the highlighted area right one character. |
| Alt+Tab | To Cycles through applications. |
| Alt+Spacebar | To Opens the system menu. |
| Alt+Backspace | To Undo. |
| Alt+Enter | To While typing text in a cell, pressing Alt+Enter moves to the next line, allowing for multiple lines of text in one cell. |
| Alt+= | To Creates a formula to sum all of the above cells. |
| Alt+’ | To Allows formatting on a dialog box. |
| F1 | To Opens the help menu. |
| F2 | To Edits the selected cell. |
| F3 | To After a name is created, F3 will paste names. |
| F4 | To Repeats last action. For example, if you changed the color of text in another cell, pressing F4 changes the text in cell to the same color. |
| F5 | To Goes to a specific cell. For example, C6. |
| F6 | To Move to the next pane. |
| F7 | To Spell check selected text or document. |
| F8 | To Enters Extend Mode. |
| F9 | To Recalculates every workbook. |
| F10 | To Activates the menu bar. |
| F11 | To Creates a chart from selected data. |
| F12 | To Save As option. |
| Shift+F1 | To Opens the “What’s This?” window. |
| Shift+F2 | To Allows the user to edit a cell comment. |
| Shift+F3 | To Opens the Excel formula window. |
| Shift+F5 | To Brings up a search box. |
| Shift+F6 | To Move to previous pane. |
| Shift+F8 | To Add to selection. |
| Shift+F9 | To Performs calculate function on active sheet. |
| Ctrl+F3 | To Open Excel Name Manager. |
| Ctrl+F4 | To Closes current window. |
| Ctrl+F5 | To Restores window size. |
| Ctrl+F6 | To Next workbook. |
| Ctrl+Shift+F6 | To Previous workbook. |
| Ctrl+F7 | To Moves the window. |
| Ctrl+F8 | To Resizes the window. |
| Ctrl+F9 | To Minimize current window. |
| Ctrl+F10 | To Maximize currently selected window. |
| Ctrl+F11 | To Inserts a macro sheet. |
| Ctrl+F12 | To Opens a file. |
| Ctrl+Shift+F3 | To Creates names by using those of either row or column labels. |
| Ctrl+Shift+F6 | To Moves to the previous worksheet window. |
| Ctrl+Shift+F12 | To Prints the current worksheet. |
| Alt+F1 | To Inserts a chart. |
| Alt+F2 | To Save As option. |
| Alt+F4 | To Exits Excel. |
| Alt+F8 | To Opens the macro dialog box. |
| Alt+F11 | To Opens the Visual Basic editor. |
| Alt+Shift+F1 | To Creates a new worksheet. |
| Alt+Shift+F2 | To Saves the current worksheet. |
