Saturday, 19 March 2011

Shortcut Keys on Microsoft Excel

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Microsoft Excel is a very famous software . It is very useful and necessary for us when we work in office . If you know some shortcuts in Microsoft excel then you can work  faster. Your work shall be done perfectly without any problem.

Here some shortcuts for Microsoft Excel :




  • F1: Opens a help task pane




  • F1 + Ctrl: Opens or closes the help window




  • F2: To edit the text in the active cell




  • F2 + Shift: To write a comment in the active cell




  • F2 + Alt: Opens the save as dialog box




  • F3 + Shift: opens the insert dialog box




  • F3 + Ctrl: Opens the define name dialog box




  • F3 + Shift + Ctrl:  Opens the create name dialog box




  • F4:  To redo the last command




  • F4 + Ctrl: To close the workbook window




  • F4 + Alt: To close the excel program




  • F5: Opens the Goto dialog box




  • F5 + Ctrl: brings back to the first level of workbook




  • F6: To shift between help taskbar and the excel window




  • F6 + Shift: To goto the previous square in the open worksheet




  • F6 + Ctrl: If more than one workbook is open to switch between them




  • F7: To open spelling correction window




  • F7 + Ctrl: When workbook window is not maximised it will move the window




  • F8: To activate / deactivate extended mode




  • F9: Will calculate all the worksheets in all open workbooks




  • F9 + Shift: Will calculate the active worksheet




  • F9 + Ctrl: To Minimise the workbook window




  • F10: Will select the menu bar




  • F10 + Ctrl: To open minimised window




  • F11: Will create a chart using the current range




  • F11 + Shift: To select a new worksheet




  • F11 + Alt: To switch between visual basic editor and the worksheet




  • F11 + Alt + Shift: Opens microsoft script editor




  • F12: Opens save as dialog box




  • F12 + Shift: Saves the active workbook




  • F12 + Ctrl: To open the Open dialog box




  • F12 + Ctrl + Shift: Opens the print dialog box







  • Thats all ! Work faster and enjoy ~~~~

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