Here is a list of most useful and common shortcuts used in microsoft excel.
These shortcut or hotkeys will help you to work in excel at lightning speed .
Shortcut Key
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Functions
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F2
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Edit the selected cell
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F5
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Goto a specific cell. For example, C6.
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F7
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Spell check selected text and/or document
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F11
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Create chart
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Ctrl + Shift + ;
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Enter the current time
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Ctrl + ;
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Enter the current date
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Alt + Shift + F1
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Insert New Worksheet
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Shift + F3
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Open the Excel formula window
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Shift + F5
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Bring up search box
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Ctrl + A
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Select all contents of the worksheet
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Ctrl + B
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Bold highlighted selection
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Ctrl + I
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Italic highlighted selection
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Ctrl + K
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Insert link
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Ctrl + U
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Underline highlighted selection
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Ctrl + 5
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Strikethrough highlighted selection
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Ctrl + P
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Bring up the print dialog box to begin printing
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Ctrl + Z
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Undo last action
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Ctrl + F9
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Minimize current window
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Ctrl + F10
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Maximize currently selected window
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Ctrl + F6
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Switch between open workbooks / windows
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Ctrl + Page up
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Move between Excel work sheets in the same Exceldocument
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Ctrl + Page down
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Move between Excel work sheets in the same Exceldocument
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Ctrl + Tab
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Move between Two or more open Excel files
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Alt + =
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Create a formula to sum all of the above cells
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Ctrl + ‘
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Insert the value of the above cell into cell currently selected
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Ctrl + Shift + !
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Format number in comma format
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Ctrl + Shift + $
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Format number in currency format
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Ctrl + Shift + #
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Format number in date format
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Ctrl + Shift + %
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Format number in percentage format
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Ctrl + Shift + ^
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Format number in scientific format
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Ctrl + Shift + @
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Format number in time format
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Ctrl + Arrow key
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Move to next section of text
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Ctrl + Space
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Select entire column
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Shift + Space
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Select entire row
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