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Most useful Microsoft Excel shortcuts

Below are daily required shortcuts for Microsoft excel. These shortcuts save lot of time while working.

  1. Ctrl+W: Close a workbook
  2. Ctrl+O: Open a workbook
  3. Alt+H: Go to the Home tab
  4. Ctrl+S: Save a workbook
  5. Ctrl+C: Copy Content
  6. Ctrl+V: Paste Content
  7. Ctrl+Z: Undo action
  8. Delete: Remove cell contents
  9. Alt+H, H: Choose a fill color
  10. Ctrl+X: Cut
  11. Alt+N: Go to Insert tab
  12. Ctrl+B: Bold
  13. Alt+H, A, C: Center align cell contents
  14. Alt+P: Go to Page Layout tab
  15. Alt+A: Go to Data tab
  16. Alt+W: Go to View tab
  17. Shift+F10, or: Open context menu
  18. Context key: Alt+H, B: Add borders
  19. Alt+H, D, C: Delete column
  20. Alt+M: Go to Formula tab
  21. Ctrl+9: Hide the selected rows
  22. Ctrl+0: Hide the selected columns

source: Microsoft