Computer Aided Operations - Examples Important MS Excel Shortcut Keys
-Dr. Lalit Kumar Setia*
The article describes various short-cut keys which can be used to perform the financial operations more efficiently using spread-sheets in a software i.e. MS-Excel. the latest content usually being asked in Competitive Examinations in English Subject.
It is must to learn excel shortcuts in
order to perform fast and effectively at workspace. There are a lot of
techniques built on the basis of shortcut keys.
Ctrl+A - Select All
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Ctrl+B - Bold
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Ctrl+C - Copy
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Ctrl+D - Fill Down
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Ctrl+F - Find
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Ctrl+G - Goto
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Ctrl+H - Replace
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Ctrl+I - Italic
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Ctrl+K - Insert Hyperlink
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Ctrl+N - New Workbook
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Ctrl+O - Open
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Ctrl+P - Print
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Ctrl+R - Fill Right
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Ctrl+S - Save
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Ctrl+U - Underline
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Ctrl+V - Paste
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Ctrl W - Close
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Ctrl+X - Cut
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Ctrl+Y - Repeat
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Ctrl+Z - Undo
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F1 - Help
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F2 - Edit
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F3 - Paste Name
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F4 - Repeat last action
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F4 - While typing a formula, switch between absolute/relative
refs
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F5 - Goto
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F6 - Next Pane
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F7 - Spell check
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F8 - Extend mode
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F9 - Recalculate all workbooks
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F10 - Activate Menubar
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F11 - New Chart
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F12 - Save As
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Ctrl+: - Insert Current Time
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Ctrl+; - Insert Current Date
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Ctrl+" - Copy Value from Cell Above
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Ctrl+’ - Copy Formula from Cell Above
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Shift+F1 - What’s This?
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Shift+F2 - Edit cell comment
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Shift - Hold down shift for additional functions in Excel’s menu
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Shift+F3 - Paste function into formula
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Shift+F4 - Find Next
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Shift+F5 - Find
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Shift+F6 - Previous Pane
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Shift+F8 - Add to selection
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Shift+F9 - Calculate active worksheet
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Shift+F10 - Display shortcut menu
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Shift+F11 - New worksheet
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Shift+F12 - Save
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Ctrl+F3 - Define name
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Ctrl+F4 - Close
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Ctrl+F5 - XL, Restore window size
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Ctrl+F6 - Next workbook window
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Shift+Ctrl+F6 - Previous workbook window
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Ctrl+F7 - Move window
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Ctrl+F8 - Resize window
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Ctrl+F9 - Minimize workbook
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Ctrl+F10 - Maximize or restore window
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Ctrl+F11 - Inset 4.0 Macro sheet
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Ctrl+F1 - File Open
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Alt+F1 - Insert Chart
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Alt+F2 - Save As
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Alt+F4 - Exit
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Alt+F8 - Macro dialog box
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Alt+F11 - Visual Basic Editor
Ctrl+Shift+F3 - Create name by using names of row and column
labels
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Ctrl+Shift+F6 - Previous Window
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Ctrl+Shift+F12 - Print
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Alt+Shift+F1 - New worksheet
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Alt+Shift+F2 - Save
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Alt+= - AutoSum
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Alt+’ - Format Style dialog box
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Ctrl+` - Toggle Value/Formula display
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Ctrl+Shift+~ - General format
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Ctrl+Shift+A - Insert argument names into formula
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Ctrl+Shift+! - Comma format
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Alt+Down arrow - Display AutoComplete list
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Ctrl+Shift+@ - Time format
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Ctrl+Shift+# - Date format
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Ctrl+Shift+$ - Currency format
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Ctrl+Shift+% - Percent format
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Ctrl+Shift+^ - Exponential format
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Ctrl+Shift+& - Place outline border around selected cells
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Ctrl+Shift+_ - Remove outline border
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Ctrl+Shift+* - Select current region
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Ctrl++ - Insert
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Ctrl+- - Delete
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Ctrl+1 - Format cells dialog box
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Ctrl+2 - Bold
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Ctrl+3 - Italic
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Ctrl+4 - Underline
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Ctrl+5 - Strikethrough
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Ctrl+6 - Show/Hide objects
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Ctrl+7 - Show/Hide Standard toolbar
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Ctrl+8 - Toggle Outline symbols
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Ctrl+9 - Hide rows
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Ctrl+0 - Hide columns
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Ctrl+Shift+( - Unhide rows
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Ctrl+Shift+) - Unhide columns
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Alt or F10 - Activate the menu
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Ctrl+Tab - In toolbar: next toolbar
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Shift+Ctrl+Tab - In toolbar: previous toolbar
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Ctrl+Tab - In a workbook: activate next workbook
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Shift+Ctrl+Tab - In a workbook: activate previous workbook
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Tab - Next tool
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Shift+Tab - Previous tool
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Enter - Do the command
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Shift+Ctrl+F - Font Drop Down List
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Shift+Ctrl+F+F - Font tab of Format Cell Dialog box
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Shift+Ctrl+P - Point size Drop Down List
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