Practical Financial Modelling : A Guide to Current Practice

Appendix A: Keyboard Shortcuts

This is a list of the keyboard shortcuts I think are most useful for routine modelling. Refer to Excel Help for a full list, using "keyboard shortcut" as the search string, or read the Using Shortcut Keys topic in the Contents of Help.

Toolbars

Press F10 to activate the main menu bar and then Ctrl+Tab to cycle through the toolbars, using the arrow keys to move to the buttons and Enter to select.

General

Ctrl+Z

Undo

Ctrl+Y

Redo

F2

Edit Cell

F4

Repeat last action

Ctrl+R

Fill Right

Ctrl+S

Save

F12

Save As

Alt+=

Autosum

F11

Create Chart

Ctrl+Shift+"

Copy cell above

Ctrl+;

Insert date

Shift+F10

Shortcut menu

Selection

Ctrl+A

Select sheet

Shift+Space

Select row

Ctrl+Space

Select column

Shift+arrow

Select in direction

Ctrl+*

Select current region

Navigation

F5

Go to/Go back

Ctrl+PgUp

Next sheet

Ctrl+PgDn

Previous sheet

Ctrl+Home

Go to A1/top left of sheet

Ctrl+End

Go to bottom right of sheet

Auditing

Ctrl+[

Select precedents

Ctrl+]

Select dependents

Ctrl+`

View formulas (toggle)

Formatting

Ctrl+Shift+1

Comma, two decimals

Ctrl+Shift+4

Currency, two decimals

Ctrl+Shift+5

Percentage, no decimals

Ctrl+Shift+~

General number format

Ctrl+#

Date format

Ctrl+B

Bold

Ctrl+I

Italic

Group and Outline

Alt+Shift+right arrow

Group rows (or columns)

Alt+Shift+left arrow

Ungroup rows (or columns)

Ctrl+8 (not number keypad)

Display or hide outline symbols

Ctrl+9 (not number keypad)

Hide rows

Ctrl+Shift+(

Unhide selected rows

Ctrl+0 (not number keypad)

Hide columns

Ctrl+Shift+)

Unhide columns

Names

F3

Paste names

Ctrl+Shift+F3

Create names

Ctrl+F3

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