Learning the Basic Shortcuts

Trying to memorize all these keyboard shortcuts isn’t as hard as you may think. Windows applications all share the same keyboard combinations to execute common commands. Once you get accustomed to using some of these keyboard shortcuts in Excel, try them out on some of the other Office programs.

Working with Menus

You can make selections from the Excel menu without using the mouse. Perhaps you noticed the underlined letters on menus and commands. Those are selection letters and they allow you to work with menus and commands by using the following shortcuts.