Excel shortcuts can save you time when you are editing your spreadsheets. Keyboard shortcuts like ctrl-o to open a document, ctrl-n to create a new document and ctrl-s to save are common across all Microsoft Office programs, but there are some that are unique to Excel. Their use will help you get things done much quicker and will save you the hassle of searching for commands on the ribbon. It might take a little time to learn these shortcuts, but that time is well spent.
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Start a formula
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| Arrow keys
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Move one cell in the direction of the arrow
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| Page Up
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Page Up
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| Page down
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Page down
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| Tab
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Move one cell to the right
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| Alt tab
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Move one cell to the left
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| F1
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Help
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| F2
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Edit mode to edit a cell’s contents
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| F3
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| F4
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| F5
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Go to
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| F6
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Next pane
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| F7
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Spellcheck
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| F8
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| F9
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Calculate all
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| F10
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Display key tips
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| F11
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Insert a chart
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| F12
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Save as
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| F14
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Comments
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| F15
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Function arguments
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| F16
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Move to the next available cell in the table
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| F17
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Find and replace
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| F18
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Key tips
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| F19
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Research pane (search, thesaurus etc)
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| F20
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???
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| F21
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Recalculate????
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| F22
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Right click menu
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| F23
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New worksheet
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| F24
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Save as
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| Home
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Start of row
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| Alt ‘ (apostrophe)
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Style menu
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| Alt =
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Autosum
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| Alt F
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Backstage view
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| Alt H
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Display shortcuts
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| Alt N
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Insert Menu
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| Alt P
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Page Layout menu
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