MICROSOFT EXCEL ADVANCED TIPS

Keyboard shortcuts can save time and the effort of switching from the keyboard to the mouse to execute simple commands. Print this list of Excel keyboard shortcuts and keep it by your computer for a quick reference. Note: A plus sign indicates that the keys need to be pressed at the same time. Action Document actions Open a file New file Save As Save Print Find Replace Go to Cursor Movement One cell up One cell down One cell right One cell left Top of worksheet (cell A1) End of worksheet
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Keystroke CTRL+O CTRL+N F12 CTRL+S CTRL+P CTRL+F CTRL+H F5 Up arrow down arrow Tab SHIFT+Tab CTRL+Home CTRL+End (last cell Home CTRL+left arrow CTRL+PageDown ALT+= CTRL+; CTRL+: F7 F1 ALT+F8 SHIFT+left arrow SHIFT+right arrow CTRL+Spacebar SHIFT+Spacebar CTRL+A CTRL+B CTRL+I CTRL+U CTRL+5 F2 CTRL+X CTRL+C CTRL+V CTRL+Z CTRL+Y CTRL+1

Action Format as currency With 2 decimal places Format as percent With no decimal places

Keystroke SHIFT+CTRL+$ SHIFT+CTRL+%

End of row End of column Move to next worksheet Formulas Apply AutoSum Current date Current time Spelling Help Macros

Selecting CellsAll cells left of current cell All cells right of current cell Entire column Entire row Entire worksheet Text Style Bold Italics Underline Strikethrough Formatting Edit active cell Cut Copy Paste Undo Redo Format cells dialog box

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Move to the last cell in a range in Microsoft Excel Select cell A1 in your worksheet (See screen shot) To move vertically from top to bottom, press Ctrl+Down Arrow. To move vertically from bottom to top, press Ctrl+Up Arrow. To move horizontally from left to right, press Ctrl+Right Arrow. To move horizontally from right to left, press Ctrl+Left Arrow. Example: Move from cell A1 to the last cell in a range of cells that contains data (before an empty cell). Select cell A1 and press Ctrl+Down Arrow. The result: You moved to cell A14, the last cell in a range that contains data. (Note: You can also use [End], and then Down Arrow, instead of Ctrl+Down Arrow.) Continue and move to the next range of cells that contain data. Press Ctrl+Down Arrow again to move to cell A17. Press Ctrl+Down Arrow one more time to move to the last cell that contains data in the range that begins with cell A17, and so forth.