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10+ keyboard shortcuts for speeding your work with Excel data

Date: October 5th, 2007

Author: Jody Gilbert

Shortcuts can save you a considerable amount of time when you’re entering or modifying data in a worksheet — but only if you can remember them. This list offers ingredients in viagra a quick reminder of some old standbys, along with a few shortcuts that are less well known but equally useful.

A comprehensive list of Excel shortcuts is available as a PDF download.

Action Shortcut
Complete an entry and move to the next cell Enter
Insert a new line within a cell Alt+Enter
Enable editing within a cell F2
Fill selected cells with an entry you typed in one cell Ctrl+Enter
Cancel an entry Esc
Fill data down through selected cells Ctrl+D
Fill data through selected cells to the right Ctrl+R
Create a name Ctrl+F3
Insert a hyperlink Ctrl+K
Insert the current date Ctrl and ; (semicolon)
Insert the current time Ctrl and : (colon)
Delete from the insertion point to the end of the line Ctrl+Delete
Add blank cells Ctrl and Shift+ (plus)
Delete selected cells Ctrl and – (hyphen)
Create a chart from a range of data F11

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