Shortcuts can be helpful and especially if they are for Excel. In our previous article, we have listed some of the basic shortcuts. Here we would be discussing some complex shortcuts to make your work easier on MS Excel.
150 Microsoft Excel Keyboard Shortcut Keys – Part 1
| S.No. | Shortcuts | Description |
| 71 | Ctrl+Shift+( | Unhide Rows |
| 72 | Ctrl+Shift+) | Unhide Columns |
| 73 | Ctrl + Shift + Spacebar | Selects the entire sheet but if you have data on the sheet, the action will select the current region and performing the action twice, will select the entire worksheet |
| 74 | Ctrl + Shift + O | Selects all the cells with comments |
| 75 | Alt + H, FF | Home select Font Face;Now, use Arrow Down to select. |
| 76 | Alt + H, FS | Home select Font Size; use Arrow Key, then Enter to change size |
| 77 | Ctrl + Shift + ; | Enters the current time on a cell |
| 78 | Ctrl + Shift + = | Insert a new column or row. |
| 79 | Ctrl + Alt + V | Opens the Paste Special Dialog box |
| 80 | Ctrl + Shift + F4 | Find Previous(with a search box) |
| 81 | Ctrl + Shift + L | Turn on/off Filters |
| 82 | Ctrl + Shift + Arrow Left/Arrow Right | Select or deselect one word to the left/ right |
| 83 | Ctrl + Shift + Drag | Drag and insert copy |
| 84 | Alt + Shift + Pg Dn | Extend selection right one screen |
| 85 | Alt + Shift + Pg Up | Extend selection left one screen |
| 86 | Ctrl + Shift + Home | Extend selection to first cell of the worksheet |
| 87 | Ctrl + Shift + End | Extend selection to last used cell on the worksheet (lower-right corner) |
| 88 | Shift + F10, then U | Unhide the selected columns |
| 89 | Ctrl + Shift + * | Select current region around active cell |
| 90 | Ctrl + Shift + [ | Select all precedents |
| 91 | Ctrl + Shift + ] | Select all dependents |
| 92 | Alt + H + 6 | Indent |
| 93 | Alt + H + 5 | Remove Indent |
| 94 | Ctrl + Shift + F | Display Format Cells with Font tab selected |
| 95 | Ctrl + Shift + A | Insert argument names into formula |
| 96 | Ctrl + Shift + F9 | Force calculate all worksheets |
| 97 | Ctrl + Shift + U | Expand/ collapse formula bar |
| 98 | Ctrl + Shift +Tab | Go to previous workbook,(workbook) Move to previous tab(Dialog box) |
| 99 | Ctrl + Shift + F3 | Create name by using names of row and column labels |
| 100 | Ctrl + Shift + F | Display Format Cells with Font tab selected |
| 101 | Ctrl + Shift + & | Add border outline |
| 102 | Ctrl + Shift + _ | Remove Borders |
| 103 | Ctrl + Shift + $ | Enables Currency Format |
| 104 | Ctrl + Shift + % | Enables Percentage Format |
| 105 | Ctrl + Shift + ^ | Enables Scientific Format |
| 106 | Ctrl + Shift + # | Enables Date Format |
| 107 | Ctrl + Shift + @ | Enables the time format with the hour and minute, and indicate AM or PM |
| 108 | Ctrl + Shift + ! | Enables Number Format |
| 109 | Ctrl + Shift + ~ | Enables General Format |
| 110 | F10 + Shift +Del | Deletes Comment |
| 111 | Alt + Space | Displays Control Menu |
| 112 | Alt + H, FD, U | Selects all Formulas (Home – Find – Formulas) |
| 113 | Alt + Shift + ? | Groups selected PivotTable items |
| 114 | Alt + Shift +? | Ungroups selected PivotTable items when on group header |
| 115 | Alt + D + P | Formats number in comma format. |
| 116 | Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F9 | Rechecks all the dependent formulas, and then calculates all cells in all open workbooks, including cells not marked as needing to be calculated |
| 117 | Alt + F, O + 1…9 | Opens recent file (1 to 9) |
| 118 | Alt + F, O, Y, 1…Z | Opens recent file (10 upwards) |
| 119 | Alt + F, O, K | File Open from OneDrive Link |
| 120 | Alt + F, P | Open File Print menu |
| 121 | Alt + H, IS | Inserts worksheet (Home – Insert Sheet) |
| 122 | Alt + H, DS | Deletes worksheet (Home – Delete Sheet) |
| 123 | Alt + H, OR | Renames worksheet (Home – Format – Rename worksheet) |
| 124 | Alt + H, OM | Move worksheet (Home – Format – Move worksheet) |
| 125 | Alt + H, OT | Changes Worksheet tab color, continue with mouse or arrow keys (Home – Format – Tab color) |
| 126 | Alt + W + FF | View – Freeze or unfreeze; unfreeze works for any Freeze Setting |
| 127 | Alt + W + C | View – Freeze first Column on screen |
| 128 | Alt + W S | Split or unsplit Worksheet at current position |
| 129 | Alt + W + R | View – Freeze first visible Row on screen |
| 130 | Shift + F10, then R | Remove one or multiple hyperlink(s) |
| 131 | Ctrl + Alt + Arrow Right/ Arrow Left | Move to right/ to left between nonadjacent selections |
| 132 | ALT+ JT X | Expand all fields |
| 133 | Ctrl + Shift + + | Insert pivot formula/ calculated field |
| 134 | Ctrl + Alt + V, then V, Enter | Paste Values |
| 135 | Ctrl + Alt + V, then T, Enter | Paste Formats |
| 136 | Ctrl + Alt + V, then E, Enter | Paste Transposed |
| 137 | Ctrl + Alt + V, then W, Enter | Paste Column Width |
| 138 | Ctrl + Alt + V, then U, Enter | Paste Values and Number Formats |
| 139 | Shift + Arrow Down, F2, then Ctrl+Enter | Fill a cell’s content down to all cells selected with Shift+Arrow Down |
| 140 | Shift + Arrow Up, F2, then Ctrl + Enter | Fill a cell’s content content up to all cells selected with Shift+Arrow Down |
| 141 | Shift + Space, Ctrl + Shift + + | Select a row; then insert one row above it |
| 142 | Shift + Space, Shift + Arrow Up/Arrow Down, then Ctrl + Shift + + | Select multiple rows; then insert the same number rows below it. |
| 143 | Ctrl + Space, then Ctrl + Shift + + | Select single row, then insert a row below. Select multiple rows to insert multiple rows |
| 144 | Alt + H, AB | Align Bottom |
| 145 | Alt + H, W | Wrap or unwrap text (Home – Wrap Text) |
| 146 | Alt + H, MM | Merge cells – Merge |
| 147 | Alt + H, MU | Merge – Unmerge |
| 148 | Alt + H, MC | Merge and Center |
| 149 | Alt + H, MA | Merge Across (merge all columns) |
| 150 | Alt + H, AM | Align Middle |
These are the shortcuts that can be used to simplify the work on Excel.
Do use them and let us know if they helped you.
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