The Best Shortcut Keys in Microsoft Excel

Ctrl+Z Undo
Ctrl+C Enter, Ctrl+V Ctrl+X Copy, Paste, Multiple Paste, Cut
Ctrl+F, Ctrl+H Find, Find&Replace
Ctrl+P, Ctrl+S, Ctrl+F4, Alt+F4 Print, Save, Close, Close Excel
Ctrl+Arrow Move to edge of region
Ctrl+* Select current region
Ctrl+A Select all cells
Ctrl+Home Ctrl+End Select A1, Select last cell in used range
Ctrl+Shift+End Select from active cell to last cell in used range.
Ctrl+Shift+Home Select from active cell to A1
Ctrl+Page Down Ctrl+Page Up Move to the next sheet, Move to the previous sheet
Ctrl+Tab Move to next open workbook
Ctrl+N Open new workbook
Shift+F11 Insert new worksheet
Shift+F3 Paste function window
=+FunctionName+Ctrl+A Insert new function
Alt+F11 Open VBE
Ctrl+Shift+Enter Array formula
Ctrl+F3, F3 Define name, Paste name
Ctrl+Spacebar Shift+Spacebar Select columns, Select rows
Ctrl+1, Ctrl+B, Ctrl+U Format cells, Bold, Underline
Ctrl+; , Ctrl+shift+: Current date, Current time

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