A large part of the work you do in Excel is editing the cell contents in worksheets. To save time editing, learn the following Excel shortcuts, including the key combinations and their functions:
| Press | To |
|---|---|
| F2 | Edit current cell entry and position insertion point at the end of cell contents |
| Shift+F2 | Edit comment attached to current cell and position insertion point in comment box |
| Backspace | Delete character to left of insertion point when editing cell entry |
| Delete | Delete character to right of insertion point when editing cell entry: otherwise, clear cell entries in current range |
| Esc | Cancel editing in current cell entry |
| Enter | Complete editing in current cell entry |
| Ctrl+C | Copy cell selection to the Windows Clipboard |
| Ctrl+X | Cut cell selection to the Windows Clipboard |
| Ctrl+V | Paste last copied or cut cells from the Windows Clipboard |
| Ctrl+hyphen (-) | Open Delete dialog box to delete cell selection and shift remaining cells left or up |
| Ctrl+Shift+plus (+) | Open Insert dialog box to insert new cells and shift existing cells right or down |
| Ctrl+Z | Undo last action |
| Ctrl+Y | Redo last undone action |