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Microsoft Excel

Highlight the whole column

CtrlSpace

Windows Desktop app Microsoft 365 desktop

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Press Ctrl + Space to highlight the whole column in Microsoft Excel. It is listed for Windows, and no Mac version is documented here.

Where it works: Worksheet selection

Where this comes from

Keyboard shortcuts in Excel

Documentation checked on 2026-09-11. That is a documentation review, not a test run inside the application.

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