Move back and forth between the worksheets in a workbook - answer✔*Ctrl PageUp* or
*Ctrl PageDown*
open a file - answer✔*alt f o*
*ctrl o*
save a file - answer✔*alt f s*
*ctrl s*
print a file - answer✔*alt f p*
*ctrl p*
navigating to the toolbars without the mouse - answer✔hit *Alt and the appropriate letter*
(or use the right/left arrow keys) to get to the desired tab
once there, use the Tab and Shift Tab keys to navigate around
accessing settings - answer✔File > Options (*Alt f t*)
*Alt t o*
Disabling the Start Screen and adding more worksheets on startup - answer✔click on
'Blank worksheet'
widening columns and rows - answer✔highlight column by pressing *Ctrl Spacebar*
*Alt h o i* to auto-fit the column width
-if you want a column to have a certain width, press *Alt h o w* and enter the desired width
highlight row by pressing Shift Spacebar
*Alt h o a* to auto-fit the row height
-if you want a row to have a certain height, press *Alt h o h* and enter the desired height
format cells - answer✔*Ctrl 1* pulls up the 'Format Cells' menu
navigating the 'Format Cells' menu - answer✔after hitting Ctrl 1 to pull up the 'Format
Cells' menu, you can navigate around tabs by hitting *Ctrl tab*
each category within a tab can be accessed by pressing *Alt* and the appropriate
underlined letter, or by hitting *tab* to move clockwise and *shift tab* to move counter
clockwise
when on the desired tab, horizontal alignment can be accessed through *Alt h* and vertical
alignment through *Alt v*
paste special - answer✔*Alt v s t* or *Alt e s t*
changing zoom size - answer✔*Alt w q* or *Alt v z*
Move/copy a tab - answer✔*Alt h o m*
freezing panes - answer✔click the cell BELOW the desired row and to the RIGHT of the
desired column where you want to freeze panes and hit *Alt w f f*
to unfreeze panes: press *Alt w f f* again
splitting panes - answer✔splitting panes allows users to scroll in both areas of the
worksheet, while rows and columns in the non-scrolled area remain visible
to split panes:
-click the cell BELOW the desired row and to the RIGHT of the desired column where you
want to split panes and hit *Alt w s*
-to unspilt panes, click *Alt w s* again
-press *F6* to move from pane to pane in a clockwise direction; press *Shift F6* to move
from pane to pane in a counter-clockwise direction
manipulating data inside a cell - answer✔*F2* is the command that puts you inside a cell:
-pressing the F2 key once shows you the components of the formula you created earlier,
puts you inside a cell and enables you to navigate through it to edit the existing cell data
-pressing the F2 key twice activates the cursor and enables you to move to different cells,
worksheets, and even other open Excel files
*Shift arrow key* will highlight characters one at a time
*Shift Ctrl arrow key* will highlight contiguous ranges of characters
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