If you're like most busy professionals, you probably use Microsoft Excel on a daily basis. And if you're like most people, you probably only know a handful of Excel shortcuts. Learning just a few more Excel shortcuts can save you a lot of time and make you more productive. Here are 15 Excel shortcuts for the busy professional:
- Ctrl + N: Create a new workbook
- Ctrl + O: Open an existing workbook
- Ctrl + S: Save the current workbook
- Ctrl + F: Find a value in the current workbook
- Ctrl + G: Go to a specific cell in the current workbook
- Ctrl + H: Replace a value in the current workbook
- Ctrl + P: Print the current workbook
- F11: Create a chart from the selected data in the current workbook
- Alt + F1: Insert a new chart in the current workbook
- Ctrl + A: Select all cells in the current workbook
- Ctrl + B: Bold the selected cells
- Ctrl + I: Italicize the selected cells
- Ctrl + U: Underline the selected cells
- Ctrl + 5: Strikethrough the selected cells
- Ctrl + 1: Format the selected cells
- Ctrl + 2: Apply or remove bold formatting from the selected cells
- Ctrl + 3: Apply or remove italic formatting from the selected cells
- Ctrl + 4: Apply or remove underline formatting from the selected cells
- Ctrl + 6: Apply or remove strikethrough formatting from the selected cells
These are just a few of the many Excel shortcuts that can save you time and make you more productive. For a complete list of Excel shortcuts, visit the Microsoft Office website.