Excel Shortcut for less time-consuming in reporting
Creating reports in Excel is time-consuming enough. How can we spend a little less time navigating, formatting, selecting, and entering formulas for our data. Wouldn't it be great if there were keyboard shortcuts that could help us get our work done faster?
That's why we are sharing a list of top keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Excel. Although you can do all of these maneuvers manually, knowing these tricks will help save you time.
Working with keyboard is more important than working with mouse when we are working on number of rows and columns in excel. Please practice them for better results until the shortcut key gets settled in your mind and see the magic and power of these shortcut keys.
*Regular Shortcuts*
Ctrl+A - Select All
Ctrl+B - Bold
Ctrl+C - Copy
Ctrl+D - Fill Down
Ctrl+F - Find
Ctrl+G - Goto
Ctrl+H - Replace
Ctrl+I - Italic
Ctrl+K - Insert Hyperlink
Ctrl+N - New Workbook
Ctrl+O - Open
Ctrl+P - Print
Ctrl+R - Fill Right
Ctrl+S - Save
Ctrl+U - Underline
Ctrl+V - Paste
Ctrl W - Close
Ctrl+X - Cut
Ctrl+Y - Repeat
Ctrl+Z - Undo
*Control Keys*
Ctrl++ - Insert
Ctrl+- - Delete
Ctrl+0 - Hide columns
Ctrl+1 - Format cells dialog box
Ctrl+2 - Bold
Ctrl+3 - Italic
Ctrl+4 - Underline
Ctrl+5 - Strikethrough
Ctrl+6 - Show/Hide objects
Ctrl+7 - Show/Hide Standard toolbar
Ctrl+8 - Toggle Outline symbols
Ctrl+9 - Hide rows
*The F1 F2 Keys*
F1 - Help
F2 - Edit
F3 - Paste Name
F4 - Repeat last action
F4 - While typing a formula, switch between absolute/relative refs
F5 - Goto
F6 - Next Pane
F7 - Spell check
F8 - Extend mode
F9 - Recalculate all workbooks
F10 - Activate Menubar
F11 - New Chart
F12 - Save As
*Shift & F1 F2 Keys*
Shift+F1 - What’s This?
Shift+F2 - Edit cell comment
Shift+F3 - Paste function into formula
Shift+F4 - Find Next
Shift+F5 - Find
Shift+F6 - Previous Pane
Shift+F8 - Add to selection
Shift+F9 - Calculate active worksheet
Shift+F10 - Display shortcut menu
Shift+F11 - New worksheet
Shift+F12 - Save
*Control & F1 F2 Keys*
Ctrl+F1 - File Open
Ctrl+F3 - Define name
Ctrl+F4 - Close
Ctrl+F5 - XL, Restore window size
Ctrl+F6 - Next workbook window
Ctrl+F7 - Move window
Ctrl+F8 - Resize window
Ctrl+F9 - Minimize workbook
Ctrl+F10 - Maximize or restore window
Ctrl+F11 - Inset 4.0 Macro sheet
*Date Shortcuts*
Ctrl+: - Insert Current Time
Ctrl+; - Insert Current Date