Excel is one of the most powerful spreadsheets for your calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables, and macro programming needs.

Learning Excel: Shortcut keys using Ctrl Tab

In this article, we will discuss 41 shortcuts on excel that can be done using the Ctrl Tab

1. Ctrl+A : Select all contents of a worksheet.

2. Ctrl+B : Bold all cells in the highlighted section.

3. Ctrl+C : Copy

4. Ctrl+V : Paste

5. Ctrl+O :Open an existing workbook.

6. Ctrl+N : Create a new workbook.

7. Ctrl+S : Save

8. Ctrl+W : Close a workbook.

9. Ctrl+F : Search the current sheet.

10. Ctrl+H : Find and replace.

11. Ctrl+Z : Undo a section

12. Ctrl+Y : Redo a section.

13. Ctrl+K : Inserts a hyperlink

14.Ctrl+X : Cuts the contents of a cell or a selected content.

15. Ctrl+B : Do/redo Bold.

16. Ctrl+I : Do/Redo Italics

17. Ctrl+U : Underline

18.Ctrl+F1 : Show or hide the ribbon.

19. Ctrl+F2 : Open Print preview

20. Ctrl+F4 : Close Excel.

21. Ctrl+F9 : Minimize workbook.

22. Ctrl+F10 : Restore workbook.

23. Ctrl+Shift+; : Insert the time in the active cell.

24. Ctrl+Shift+# : Insert the date format in dd/mm/year format

25. Ctrl+Shift+( : Unhides any rows in the selected area.

26. Ctrl+Shift+) : Unhides any column in the selected area.

27.Ctrl+9 : Hide Row.

28. Ctrl+0 : Hide column.

29.Ctrl+Shift+$ : Currency format.

30. Ctrl+Shift+% : Percentage format.

31. Ctrl+Shift+& : Apply Outline border.

32. Ctrl+Shift+_ : Remove Outline border.

33. Ctrl+Space : Select the entire column

34.Ctrl+Shift+Space : Select the entire workbook

35. Shift+Space : Select the entire row.

36. Ctrl+Home : Move to the beginning of the workbook.

37. Ctrl+PgUp : Move to the previous sheet.

38. Ctrl+PgDn : Move to the next sheet.

39. Ctrl+End : Move to the most bottom right used cell. :

40. Ctrl+UP arrow : Move to the top cell of the column.

41.Ctrl+Down arrow : Move to the bottom of the column.

 
 

23271 Views 17 Likes Comment   Share Students   Report


About the Author

CA

CA, MBA(Finance), DISA, FAFD, writer of two novels and also run a youtube channel Concept Decoded. Twitter handle caanuragwriter


Related Articles


Loading


Popular Articles





CCI Pro

CCI Articles

submit article


Company
ARTICLESHIP 30 June 2026
Taxation Content Writer Intern

Interactive Media Pvt Ltd.

New Delhi

CA Inter

View Details
Company
ARTICLESHIP 14 July 2026
Article Assistants

R Shyam and Associates

New Delhi

CA Final

View Details
Company
13 July 2026
AVP / VP - PCG Advisory

Workforce Connect

Mumbai

MBA

View Details
Company
14 July 2026
Senior Executive/ Manager

H S SHARMA AND CO

Pune

CA Final

View Details
Company
ARTICLESHIP 07 July 2026
Articleship

Jawahar and Associates Chartered Accountants

Hyderabad

CA Inter

View Details
Company
11 July 2026
CA semi qualified

Vakilsearch.com

Chennai

CA Inter

View Details
Company
Featured 18 July 2026
Senior Manager- Finance & Accounts

apricus india

Ahmedabad

CA

View Details
Company
29 June 2026
Accountant (Finance & Compliance)

TRIEYEZ

Kolkata

CA

View Details