ADVANCED EXCEL KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS – MACINTOSH

EXCEL KEYSTROKES ACTION EXCEL KEYSTROKES ACTION
DATA SELECTION / NAVIGATION FORMATTING
Ctrl + Pg Up / Pg Down Move to Prior / Next Worksheet z + Shift + V Paste Special (copy first)

Shift / Ctrl + Spacebar Select Entire Row / Column z + B / U / I Toggle Bold / Underline / Italic

Ctrl + * (Ctrl + Shift + 8) Select All Adjacent Cells z + 1 Format Cells
z + A Select Entire Worksheet z + Option + 0 Box Selection

Shift + F8 Add to Selection z + Option + Hyphen No Border

z + Shift + K / J Group / Ungroup Selection Option + Ctrl + (Shift) + Tab Increase / Decrease Indent

Ctrl + 0 / 9 Collapse (Hide Columns / Rows) z + Shift + . / , Increase / Decrease Font Size

Ctrl + Shift + 0 / 9 Expand (Unhide Columns / Rows)
EDITING

Ctrl + Arrow Keys Move by Blocks of Cells Ctrl + U Toggle Edit / Navigation Mode

Shift + Arrow Keys Select Cells z + T (edit mode) Toggle Anchoring ($ in cell ref)
Ctrl + Home / End Move to Upper Left / Lower Right Ctrl + Enter Fill Selection with Formula / Text


Ctrl + . (within selection) Move Clockwise to next Corner

Shift + F2 Insert Comment (Esc twice to exit)

Ctrl + – / Ctrl + + Delete / Insert Selected Cells Shift + F3 Display Formula Dialog Box

Option + ¯ Show Dropdown List Options z + = / Shift + F9 Calc Entire File / Active Sheet Only

Ctrl + Option + Enter Start New Line in Cell

Option + F10 Activate Toolbars

Ctrl + Tab Scroll thru Toolbars Ctrl + ; / : Insert Date / Time as Value
Tab + Shift Scroll thru Icons / Functions Ctrl + ` (tilda) Toggle Cell Values / Formulas

DATA MANIPULATION INPUTS VS. FORMULAS

z + C / V / X Copy / Paste / Cut Change all Inputs to Blue:

Ctrl + R / D Autofill (Copy Paste Right / Down) – Go To ("F5", Ctrl + G, Edit => Go To)

z + Z / Y Undo / Redo Last Action – Select "Special" then "Constants", "OK" (selects all inputs)

z + F or Shift + F5 Find – Manually change selection to blue font color

z + Shift + T Summation (AutoSum) Change all Formulas to Black:

Ctrl + ' / " Copy Formula / Value Above – Select "Formulas" instead of "Constants"

Ctrl + Shift + Enter Enter Formula as an Array – Manually change selection to black font color

AUDITING INCREASE / DECREASE DECIMAL

Ctrl + [ / ] Trace Direct Precedents / Dependents Tools => Customize => Customize Keyboard => then

Ctrl + { / } Trace All Precedents / Dependents Categories => Format, find "Increase Decimal" and insert

F5 / Ctrl + G Go To Previous Cell (Go To) z + J in "Enter new shortcut key" box and then under

z + Shift + O Select All Commented Cells "Decrease Decimal" insert z + D as new shortcut key

FILE / APPLICATION RELATED

z + S / O / W Save / Open / Close File

z + F6 / Ctrl + Tab Toggle Files Within Excel

z + Tab Toggle Applications

Note: These are all built-in default Excel shortcuts. If macros or add-ins have overwritten these keystrokes, they will not work. z = CMD key

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