Keyboard shortcuts

Use keyboard shortcuts to navigate, format and use formulas.

Common actions

Description
Mac shortcut
Windows shortcut

Select column

Ctrl + Space

Ctrl + Space

Select row

Shift + Space

Shift + Space

Select all

⌘ + A ⌘ + Shift + Space

Ctrl + A Ctrl + Shift + Space

Undo

⌘ + Z

Ctrl + Z

Redo

⌘ + Y ⌘ + Shift + Z

Ctrl + Y Ctrl + Shift + Z

Find

⌘ + F

Ctrl + F

Fill range

⌘ + Enter

Ctrl + Enter

Fill down

⌘ + D

Ctrl + D

Fill right

⌘ + R

Ctrl + R

Print

⌘ + P

Ctrl + P

Copy

⌘ + C

Ctrl + C

Cut

⌘ + X

Ctrl + X

Paste

⌘ + V

Ctrl + V

Paste values only

⌘ + Shift + V

Ctrl + Shift + V

Insert new sheet

Shift + F11

Shift + F11

Clear selected cell

Backspace or Delete

Backspace or Delete

Format Cells

Description
Mac shortcut
Windows shortcut

Bold

⌘ + b

Cltr + B

Underline

⌘ + U

Cltr + U

Italic

⌘ + I

Cltr + I

Strikethrough

⌘ + Shift + X

Cltr + Shift + X

Centre align

⌘ + Shift + E

Ctrl + Shift + E

Left align

⌘ + Shift + L

Ctrl + Shift + L

Right align

⌘ + Shift + R

Ctrl + Shift + R

Apply top border

Alt + Shift + 1

Option + Shift + 1

Apply right border

Alt + Shift + 2

Option + Shift + 2

Apply bottom border

Alt + Shift + 3

Option + Shift + 3

Apply left border

Alt + Shift + 4

Option + Shift + 4

Remove borders

Alt + Shift + 6

Option + Shift + 6

Apply outer border

Alt + Shift + 7

Option + Shift + 7

Insert time

⌘ + Shift + ;

Ctrl + Shift + ;

Insert date

⌘ + ;

Ctrl + ;

Insert date and time

⌘ + Option + Shift + ;

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + ;

Format as decimal

Ctrl + Shift + 1

Ctrl + Shift + 1

Format as time

Ctrl + Shift + 2

Ctrl + Shift + 2

Format as date

Ctrl + Shift + 3

Ctrl + Shift + 3

Format as currency

Ctrl + Shift + 4

Ctrl + Shift + 4

Format as percentage

Ctrl + Shift + 5

Ctrl + Shift + 5

Format as exponent (TBD)

Ctrl + Shift + 6

Ctrl + Shift + 6

Clear formatting

⌘ + \

Ctrl + \

Show format dialog

⌘ + Option + 1

Ctrl + Alt + 1|

Description
Mac shortcut
Windows shortcut

Move to beginning of row

Fn + Left arrow

Home

Move to beginning of sheet

⌘ + Fn + Left arrow

Ctrl + Home

Move to end of row

Fn + Right arrow

End

Move to end of sheet

⌘ + Fn + Right arrow

Ctrl + End

Scroll to active cell

⌘ + Backspace

Ctrl + Backspace

Move to next sheet

Option + Down arrow ⌘ + Page Down

Alt + Down arrow Ctrl + Page Down

Move to previous sheet

Option + Up arrow ⌘ + Page Up

Alt + Up arrow Ctrl + Page Up

Edit notes

Description
Mac shortcut
Windows shortcut

Insert/edit note

Shift + F2

Shift + F2

Open menu

Description
Mac shortcut
Windows shortcut

Context menu

Shift + F10

Shift + F10

Add or change rows and columns

Description
Mac shortcut
Windows shortcut

Insert rows above

Insert rows below

Insert columns to the left

Insert columns to the right

Delete rows

Delete columns

Hide row

⌘ + Option + 9

Ctrl + Alt + 9

Hide column

⌘ + Option + 0

Ctrl + Alt + 0

Use formulas

Description
Mac shortcut
Windows shortcut

Show all formulae

Ctrl + ~

Ctrl + ~

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