Microsoft Excel keyboard shortcuts
Spreadsheet editing, formatting, selection, and formula shortcuts.
34 shortcuts Mac and Windows checked September 11, 2026
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9 actions and 9 key variants match.
- Microsoft Excel Documented
| Action | Keys | Row actions |
|---|---|---|
| Highlight the whole column Worksheet selection | Windows CtrlSpace | Source |
| Highlight the whole row Worksheet selection | Windows ShiftSpace | Source |
| Bold Selected cells | Windows CtrlB | Source |
| Italic Selected cells | Windows CtrlI | Source |
| Underline Selected cells | Windows CtrlU | Source |
| Strikeout Selected cells | Windows Ctrl5 | Source |
| Hide rows Selection | Windows Ctrl9 | Source |
| Hide columns Selection | Windows Ctrl0 | Source |
| Context menu Selection | Windows ShiftF10 | Source |
About Microsoft Excel and its shortcuts
Excel is the spreadsheet most offices run on, and it rewards keyboard work more than almost any other program here. Its shortcuts fall into three worlds that behave differently: moving and selecting across a grid, editing what is inside one cell, and acting on the sheet or workbook around them. People who work quickly in Excel are usually fluent in the first two and barely touch the mouse.
Microsoft documents Windows and Mac separately, and the two are genuinely different rather than translations of each other. Excel for the web supports a smaller set again, and a few combinations are intercepted by the browser before the sheet sees them. Check which Excel you are in before blaming the keys.
Where the Microsoft Excel keys came from
Read from 1 documentation page published by the makers of Microsoft Excel. Report a key that is wrong
To see how one action is done in other apps as well as Microsoft Excel, browse the shortcuts by task. Shortcuts by task