Keyboard Shortcuts for Excel on Windows and Mac One way of speeding up Excel is to integrate keyboard shortcuts in your workflow. Excel experts hardly use a mouse at all, because using a mouse takes more time and is often not precise.
You’ll be using these keys (myfirstmac.com) Many websites feature keyboard shortcuts for OS X. Most of them bury the good shortcuts under a sea of common ones that everybody knows and those that nobody will use and end up as trivia. So, I have compiled the ones I use regularly and weeded out those that seemed common knowledge. Some of these shortcuts are keyboard-alternatives to using the mouse/touchpad. Others automate to save time. I have provided Windows alternatives in some cases.
UPDATE: Some of the browser-based shortcuts may not work with all browsers. They work with Google Chrome. Shortcut: Cmd+L Function: takes cursor to address bar You want to go to a particular website, but you’re too lazy to drag your mouse pointer to the address bar. Pressing Cmd+L (I wrote L in uppercase for easy identification only; please don’t press shift!). For Windows users: Alt + d Of course, sometimes you want to go to the address bar just to copy the URL. In that case 2.
Shortcut: Cmd+option+c (in Google Chrome) Function: Copies current URL The option key is also called alt. This copies to clipboard the URL or link of the website you’re on. You can then right-click anywhere and paste. Again, if you’re only copying the URL to share by email 3. Shortcut: Cmd+shift+I (in Google Chrome) Function: Opens a compose-mail dialog with current URL in body When I want to share something interesting I find online, the altruism is tempered by the effort it takes to copy the URL, open mail client (or web app), click compose, paste the URL in the body and await grateful responses.
But, this nifty shortcut opens a ‘compose mail’ dialog in another tab with said URL in the body. You need to be signed in, or this will take you to the login page, but you knew that already, right? Shortcut: Option+space or ctrl+shift+space Function: Inserts a non-breaking space Ever written something like, “$700 billion,” only to find that your word processor has wrapped the text to take ‘billion’ to the next line leaving $700 in full view, turning the Bush-bailout into a personal stimulus package? That’s because you inserted a regular space between ‘$700’ and ‘billion.’ A non-breaking space (also: hard space or fixed space) takes the whole figure ($700 billion) into the next line if necessary, but never separates the two. For Windows users: Ctrl+shift+space 5. Shortcut: Cmd+1/2/3 Function: Switches to the 1st/2nd/3rd tab in a browser If you have a few tabs open in your browser, and need to go to the third one for example, press ‘Cmd + 3’ 6.
Shortcut: Cmd+space Function: Opens spotlight Pretty self-explanatory. This command opens the spotlight and allows you find files, preview them (by hovering over the file name in the spotlight search-result and pressing ‘space’) and even do basic mathematical calculations up to logarithms and trigonometry. Shortcut: Cmd+option+c (in MS Word) Function: Change case This shortcut, when pressed, will cycle through lowercase, uppercase and sentence-case (only first letter in uppercase). For Windows users: Shift+F3 8. Shortcut: Cmd+shift+4 and Cmd+ctrl+shift+4 Function: To select part of the screen for a screenshot Pressing these sets of keys will show crosshairs using which you can select a rectangular part of the screen.
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If you press ‘ctrl’ the screenshot will be copied to the clipboard. Without Ctrl, the screenshot is saved as a picture file (.png) on your desktop by default. If you want to capture the whole screen though, you’re better off with. Shortcut: Cmd+shift+3 and Cmd+ctrl+shift+3 Function: Capture the entire screen as a screenshot Again, pressing ‘ctrl’ will copy the screenshot to the clipboard.
Without ‘ctrl’ you’re going to end up with a picture file on your desktop. Shortcut: Cmd+shift+n (In Finder) Function: Creates new folder in current Finder folder Of course, you can always right-click your mouse/touchpad and choose ‘new folder’ but where’s the fun in that? So there you have it. Ten shortcuts that are hopefully useful, yet not too common. Sources: Wikipedia, Apple support, Lifehacker.com If you liked this, you might also like.
/ Top 5 Excel Shortcuts for the Mac Oct 29 2013 Top 5 Excel Shortcuts for the Mac.,. Many of you are transitioning to Excel for the Mac, and have asked us what our favorite Excel Mac shortcuts are. While our show the 20 most commonly used shortcuts, there are definitely a few gems that really make using Excel on the Mac that much better than the PC. That’s rightI said itExcel for the Mac is better than the PC! Here are the Top 5: 1) Increase/Decrease Font Size – SHIFT+COMMAND+. (increase) SHIFT+COMMAND+, (decrease) The reason why this is the best Mac Excel shortcut is because it doesn’t even exist on the PC!
Quickly increase and decrease the font size without going through the Format Cells menu or clicking on the pesky font size drop-down in the toolbar. 2) Delete Everything in Selected Cells – FN+DELETE Why is it so hard to delete stuff in Excel for the Mac? Press fn+delete and you’ll actually delete everything in your selection and the delete button actually works like it’s intended to work. 3) Create Filter – SHIFT+COMMAND+F You have a list of data and you need to create a filter. Instead of going through the regular toolbar, navigate to the first row with the field names in your list and hit shift+command+f. 4) Center Align Data – COMMAND+E You have a bunch of cells with data and they are all weirdly aligned.
Some are right-aligned and some are left-aligned. The reason why this shortcut is so powerful is because it’s SO EASY to use! There is no equivalent on the PC; the PC shortcut is ALT, H, A, C!
Definitely a lot simpler to hit command+e in my opinion! 5) Autosum a Bunch of Numbers – SHIFT+COMMAND+T We’ve all had to type =SUM(blah blah blah) before to sum a bunch of numbers. This handy shortcut let’s you create the sum automatically without having to type in the formula! Just go to the empty cell below a bunch of numbers you want to sum and hit shift+command+t and Excel automatically knows which cells you want to sum!
In conclusion, Excel for the Mac is pretty powerful Which Excel for Mac shortcuts do you use every day? Which Excel shortcuts on the PC do you wish existed on the Mac?