For example, if you changed the color of text in another cell pressing F4 will change the text in cell to the same color.į5 − Goes to a specific cell.

Below is the list of all the major shortcut keys in Microsoft Excel.Ĭtrl + A − Selects all contents of the worksheet.Ĭtrl + I − Italicizes the highlighted selection.Ĭtrl + U − Underlines the highlighted selection.Ĭtrl + 1 − Changes the format of selected cells.Ĭtrl + 5 − Strikethrough the highlighted selection.Ĭtrl + P − Brings up the print dialog box to begin printing.Ĭtrl + F9 − Minimizes the current window.Ĭtrl + F10 − Maximize currently selected window.Ĭtrl + F6 − Switches between open workbooks or windows.Ĭtrl + Page up − Moves between Excel work sheets in the same Excel document.Ĭtrl + Page down − Moves between Excel work sheets in the same Excel document.Ĭtrl + Tab − Moves between Two or more open Excel files.Īlt + = − Creates a formula to sum all of the above cellsĬtrl + ' − Inserts the value of the above cell into cell currently selected.Ĭtrl + Shift + ! − Formats the number in comma format.Ĭtrl + Shift + $ − Formats the number in currency format.Ĭtrl + Shift + # − Formats the number in date format.Ĭtrl + Shift + % − Formats the number in percentage format.Ĭtrl + Shift + ^ − Formats the number in scientific format.Ĭtrl + Shift + − Formats the number in time format.Ĭtrl + Arrow key − Moves to the next section of text.Ĭtrl + Space − Selects the entire column.Ĭtrl + - − Deletes the selected column or row.Ĭtrl + Shift + = − Inserts a new column or row.Ĭtrl + ~ − Switches between showing Excel formulas or their values in cells.į3 − After a name has been created F3 will paste names.į4 − Repeat last action.

If you are familiar with windows operating system, you should be aware of most of them. MS Excel offers many keyboard short-cuts.

Advanced excel shortcut keys