If you're like most people, you probably use Microsoft Excel on a daily basis. Whether you're a student, a business professional, or just someone who likes to keep track of things, Excel is a powerful tool that can help you get organized and make complex calculations.
While Excel is fairly user-friendly, there are a number of shortcuts that can make your life a lot easier. If you're not already using these shortcuts, you're probably wasting a lot of time clicking around and trying to figure things out.
Here are 25 essential Excel shortcuts that you need to know for 2013:
- 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 + P: Print the current workbook
- Ctrl + Z: Undo the last action
- Ctrl + Y: Redo the last action
- Ctrl + A: Select all cells in the current workbook
- Ctrl + B: Bold the selected text
- Ctrl + I: Italicize the selected text
- Ctrl + U: Underline the selected text
- Ctrl + 5: Strikethrough the selected text
- 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
- Ctrl + 7: Apply or remove borders from the selected cells
- Ctrl + 8: Hide or unhide the selected rows
- Ctrl + 9: Hide or unhide the selected columns
- Ctrl + 0: Hide or unhide the selected cells
- Ctrl + -: Delete the selected cells
- Ctrl + +: Insert new cells in the selected location
- Ctrl + /: Select the entire row
- Ctrl + \: Select the entire column
- Ctrl + ~: Apply or remove the General number format
- Ctrl + $: Apply or remove the Currency number format
- Ctrl + %: Apply or remove the Percent number format
- Ctrl + ^: Apply or remove the Exponential number format
- Ctrl + &: Apply or remove the Outline border from the selected cells
- Ctrl + _: Remove the Outline border from the selected cells
These are just a few of the many shortcuts that you can use in Excel. By learning and using these shortcuts, you can save a lot of time and make working in Excel a lot easier. Do you have a favorite Excel shortcut? Share it in the comments!