Shortcuts are the basic need if you want to do efficient work on Microsoft Excel. It is a very helpful and fast way to do work using short cuts. Helps to no or less use of mouse can save a bit of time.
You can use Alt key to see the short cut on ribbon of Excel Sheet
When you press the Alt key the short cuts of all the menus are appeared on the screen like above image.
Now Using a key Alt + Shift + H
Which is a shortcut to the home accessibility tab
Now here \you can see all the short cuts of home tab
Same as you can use Accessibility shortcuts for the all the other tab given in below table
Download Excel Short cut Table here
You can use Alt key to see the short cut on ribbon of Excel Sheet
When you press the Alt key the short cuts of all the menus are appeared on the screen like above image.
Now Using a key Alt + Shift + H
Which is a shortcut to the home accessibility tab
Now here \you can see all the short cuts of home tab
Short cut |
Description |
Ctrl + G
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Go To Specific Cell
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Page Down or Down Arrow
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Move Down
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Page Up or Up Arrow
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Move Up
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Crtl + P
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Print
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Ctrl + C
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Copy
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Ctrl + V
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Paste
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Ctrl + Z
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Undo
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Ctrl +X
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Cut
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Ctrl +O
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Open Workbook
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Ctrl + W
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Close Work book
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Alt + F2
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Save As
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Ctrl +F or Shift + F3
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Find
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Ctrl + B
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Bold
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Alt + Q
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Tell Me(Search option on the tittle bar)
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Shift +F4
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Repeat Find. Downward
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Ctrl + Shift + F4
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Repeat Find. Upward
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Alt + F1
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Insert Character
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Cell Related Short Cuts
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Alt + Win + H,I,R
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Insert a row above the current row
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Alt + Win + H,I,C
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Insert a column to the left of the current column
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Ctrl + X
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Cut
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Ctrl + C
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Copy
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Ctrl + V
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Paste
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Ctrl + Z
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Undo
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Ctrl + Y
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Redo
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Alt + Enter
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Start a new line in the
same cell
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Ctrl + K
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Insert Hyperlink
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Ctrl + L
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Insert Table
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Shift F3
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Insert Function
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Ctrl + Shift + >
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Increase the Font Size
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Ctrl + Shift + <
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Decrease the Font Size
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Alt + Win + A,T
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Apply a Filter
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Ctrl + Alt + L
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Re Apply Filter
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Data Related
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Enter
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Complete cell entry and select the cell below
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Shift + Entre
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Complete cell entry and
select the cell above
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Tab
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Complete the cell entry and select the next cell in the row
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Shift + Tab
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Complete the cell entry and select the Previous cell in the row
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Esc
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Cancel Cell entry
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Edit Data Within cell
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F2
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Edit Selected Cell
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F4
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Cycle through all the combination of absolute and relative
reference when a cell reference or range is selected in a formula
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Delete
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Clear Selected Cell
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Backspace
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Clear selected cell and start editing
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Home
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Go to beginning of cell line
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End
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Go to end of cell line
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Shift + Right
Arrow
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Select right by character
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Shift + Left Arrow
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Select left by character
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Shift + Home
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Select to beginning of cell data
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Shift + End
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Select to end of data
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Ctrl +Shift +
Right Arrow
Ctrl + Shift +
Left Arrow
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Extend selection to the last non blank cell in the same column or
row as the active cell, or if the next cell is blank, to the next non blank
cell
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Format Cell
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Ctrl + B
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Bold
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Ctrl + I
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Italics
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Ctrl + U
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Underline
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Shift + Ctrl + V
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Paste Formatting
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Ctrl + Shift +
&
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Apply outline border to selected cell
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Worksheet
|
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Up Arrow or Shift
+ Enter
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Up one cell
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Down Arrow or Enter
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Down one cell
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Right Arrow or Tab
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Move right one cell
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Home
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Go to the beginning of the row
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Ctrl + Home
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Go to A1 Cell
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Ctrl +End
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Go to the last cell of used range
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Page Down
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Move down one screen(28 cells)
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Page Up
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Move up one screen(28 cells)
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Ctrl + Right
Arrow or Ctrl + Left Arrow
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Move to the edge of the current region
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Ctrl + F6
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Move Between ribbon and workbook content
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Tab
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Move to d different ribbon tab(When you are in ribbon)
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Shift + F11
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Insert new sheet
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Alt + Ctrl + Page
Down
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Switch to next sheet
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Alt + Ctrl +Page Up
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Switch to previous sheet
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Object Related
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Alt + Down
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Open Menu or Drill Down
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Alt + Up Arrow
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Drill Up
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Ctrl + Enter
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Follow Hyper link
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Shift + F2
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Open comment pane while editing
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Select cells, rows and columns
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Shift + Arrow keys
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Select a range of cell
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Ctrl + Space
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Select Entire column
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Ctrl + Shift +
Right Arrow or
Ctrl + Shift + Left
Arrow
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Extend the selection to the last non blank cell in the3 same
column or row
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Move Within Selected range
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Enter
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From top to bottom
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Shift + Enter
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From bottom to top
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Tab
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Forward through a row
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Shift + Tab
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Back through row
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Calculate Data
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F9
|
Calculate Workbook
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Ctrl + Shift + Alt
+ F9
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Full Calculate
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Alt + F5
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Refresh external data
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Ctrl + Alt + F5
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Refresh all external data
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Alt + Equal(=)
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Auto Sum
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Accessibility Menu
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Alt + Shift + F
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File Accessibility
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Alt + Shift + H
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Home Accessibility
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Alt + Shift + N
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Insert Accessibility
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Alt + Shift + P
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Page Layout Accessibility
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Alt + Shift + M
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Formula Accessibility
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Alt + Shift + A
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Data Accessibility
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Alt + Shift + R
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Review Accessibility
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Alt + Shift + w
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View Accessibility
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Alt + Shift + Y1
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Help Accessibility
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Alt + Shift + Y2
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New Tab Accessibility
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Alt + Shift + B
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Power Pivot Accessibility
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*These shortcuts are taken from the official website of Microsoft