Excel Shortcut Keys for Increasing Work Efficiency- Part 2

Akshita Chugh
2 min readJan 29, 2021

There is no denial that shortcuts make one life easier. Some of the most important Microsoft Excel Shortcuts for windows are:-

1 Ctrl + 5: For putting a strikethrough in a cell

2 Ctrl + 9: For hiding a row

3 Ctrl + 0 : For hiding a column

4 Ctrl + ; : For Entering the current date in a cell

5 Ctrl + Shift + : : For Entering the Current Time in the cell

6 Ctrl + ‘: To copy the formula from the above cell

7 Ctrl + ` : For displaying formulas

8 Ctrl +-: For Deleting the rows or columns in excel

9 Ctrl + F4: To close the Microsoft Excel

10 Alt + F + Z: For sharing your workbook

11 F9: To calculate the workbook

12 F2: For editing a particular cell

13 Ctrl + End: To go to the last cell in the workbook

14 Tab: To move to the next cell

15 Ctrl + Home: To redirect to cell A1

16 Ctrl + Up arrow: To get to the topmost cell in the current column

17 Ctrl + Down arrow: To jump to the last cell in a current column

18 Ctrl + Right arrow: To go to the last cell in a selected row

19 Ctrl + Left Row: To jump back to the first cell in a selected row

20 Alt + Page Down: To move the screen towards right

21 Alt +Page Up : To move the screen towards left

22 Esc: To cancel an entry

23 Shift + Right arrow: To shift the cell selection to the right

24 Shift + Left Arrow: To shift the cell selection to the left

25 Enter: For Completing the entry in a cell and moving to the next one

26 Page Up/ Page Down: To move the screen up and down

27 Shift + F2: To add or edit a cell comment

28 Ctrl + Shift + O — To select the cells containing comments

29 Ctrl + spacebar — Selecting the entire column

30 Ctrl + Shift + tab — To switch to the previous workbook

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Akshita Chugh

I am a Data Analyst at EXL and I have done masters in economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University