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200 Excel Shortcuts for PC and Mac

So you think you’re fancy, huh? Just because you know how to copy and paste without the click of the mouse in Excel. Well, get ready to be even fancier (and more productive) because we've curated 200 of the best Excel keyboard shortcuts.

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Worksheets and Workbooks View Row and Column Selection Ribbon Control Pivot Tables Operating within a Cell Navigating and Selecting Cells Help and Menus Group Selection General Excel General Cell Control Formulas and Functions Formatting Text and Numbers Dialog Boxes Borders Advanced Selection Adding Content to Cells

General Excel

The most of basic but useful of shortcuts within Excel can be found in this section. Save your work, close it out safely, or even print a file; we’ve got you covered.

To do this

Windows keys

Mac keys

Open a spreadsheet

Ctrl O

⌘ O

Close a spreadsheet

Ctrl W

⌘ W

Create new spreadsheet

Ctrl N

⌘ N

Save a spreadsheet

Ctrl S

⌘ S

Save "as"

F12

⌘ Shift S

Print a file

Ctrl P

⌘ P

Open print preview

Ctrl F2

⌘ P

Close Excel

Alt F4

⌘ Q

Worksheets and Workbooks

View

Row and Column Selection

Ribbon Control

Pivot Tables

Operating within a Cell

Navigating and Selecting Cells

Help and Menus

Group Selection

General Excel

The most of basic but useful of shortcuts within Excel can be found in this section. Save your work, close it out safely, or even print a file; we’ve got you covered.

Open a spreadsheet

Close a spreadsheet

Create new spreadsheet

Save a spreadsheet

⌘ Shift S

Open print preview

General Cell Control

Formulas and Functions

Formatting Text and Numbers

Dialog Boxes

Borders

Advanced Selection

Adding Content to Cells

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