Microsoft Excel best shortcuts
Also, even though our list of shortcuts here is pretty long, it’s by no means a complete list of every keyboard combo available in Excel. We’ve tried to keep it to the more generally useful shortcuts. And, you’ll be happy to know that almost all of these shortcuts have been around for a long time, so they should be helpful no matter what version of Excel you’re using. General Program Shortcuts First, let’s take a look at some general keyboard shortcuts for manipulating workbooks, getting help, and a few other interface-related actions. Ctrl+N : Create a new workbook Ctrl+O: Open an existing workbook Ctrl+S: Save a workbook F12: Open the Save As dialog box Ctrl+W: Close a workbook Ctrl+F4: Close Excel F4: Repeat the last command or action. For example, if the last thing you typed in a cell is “hello,” or if you change the font color, clicking another cell and pressing F4 repeats that action in the new cell. Shift+F11: Insert a new worksheet Ctrl+Z: Undo an action Ctrl+Y: Redo a