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Some Useful Keyboard Shortcuts for Excel
27 December 2022
Some extremely useful keyboard shortcuts for Excel
Some useful keyboard shortcuts for Excel:
- Insert the current date — Ctrl + ;
- Insert the current time — Ctrl + Shift + ;
- Hide the current column — Ctrl + 0
- Unhide the current column — Ctrl + Shift + 0
- Hide the current row — Ctrl + 9
- Unhide the current row — Ctrl + Shift + 9
- Go to the next opened document — Ctrl + F6
- Go to the previous opened document — Ctrl + Shift + F6
- Copy from the cell above — Ctrl + D
- Copy from the cell to the left — Ctrl + R
- Show the formulas/results of calculations (switch) — Ctrl + ~ (tilde)
- Start a new line inside the cell — Alt + Enter
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