Moving Around in a Worksheet or Cell
You can use keyboard shortcuts to easily navigate throughout your worksheet, within a cell, or
throughout your entire workbook.
Left/Right Arrow: Move one cell to the left or right
Ctrl+Left/Right Arrow: Move to the farthest cell left or right in the row
Up/Down Arrow: Move one cell up or down
Ctrl+Up/Down Arrow: Move to the top or bottom cell in the column
Tab: Go to the next cell
Shift+Tab: Go to the previous cell
Ctrl+End: Go to the most bottom right used cell
F5: Go to any cell by pressing F5 and typing the cell coordinate or cell name.
Home: Go to the leftmost cell in the current row (or go to the beginning of the cell if editing a cell)
Ctrl+Home: Move to the beginning of a worksheet
Page Up/Down: Move one screen up or down in a worksheet
Alt+Page Up/Down: Move one screen to the right or left in a worksheet
Ctrl+Page Up/Down: Move to the previous or next worksheet
Selecting Cells
You may have noticed from the previous section you use the arrow keys to move between cells, and the
Ctrl key to modify that movement. Using the Shift key to modify the arrow keys lets you extend your
selected cells. There are also a few other combos for speeding up selection, as well.
Shift+Left/Right Arrow: Extend the cell selection to the left or right
Shift+Space: Select the entire row
Ctrl+Space: Select the entire column
Ctrl+Shift+Space: Select the entire worksheet
Editing Cells
Excel also provides some keyboard shortcuts for editing cells.
F2: Edit a cell
Shift+F2: Add or edit a cell comment
Ctrl+X: Cut contents of a cell, selected data, or selected cell range
Ctrl+C or Ctrl+Insert: Copy contents of a cell, selected data, or selected cell range
Ctrl+V or Shift+Insert: Paste contents of a cell, selected data, or selected cell range
Ctrl+Alt+V: Open the Paste Special dialog box
Delete: Remove the contents of a cell, selected data, or selected cell range
Alt+Enter: Insert a hard return within a cell (while editing a cell)
F3: Paste a cell name (if cells are named in the worksheet)
Alt+H+D+C: Delete column
Esc: Cancel an entry in a cell or the formula bar
Enter: Complete an entry in a cell or the formula bar