Excel Shortcuts for selecting Rows Columns and Cells

The shortcut to select highlight in excel 2013 for windows is Alt H + H (hold down ALT and tap H twice). Probably works on other versions with the ribbon. This works well for highlighting rows too, just use the shortcut to select a row in Excel - Shift + Space Bar, followed by the highlight shortcut (Alt + H + H) Share. Improve this answer. To quickly highlight the current row, the current column or the entire spreadsheet use the following keyboard shortcuts: “Shift” + “Space”: Highlights the current row “CTRL” + “Space”: Highlights the current column “CTRL” + “A”: Highlights the entire spreadsheet if the currently sel. This is also a shortcut to highlight a row in excel. Select the cell in the row you wish to select. Press Shift+ Space key to select the row on the selected cell (release the keys, if the row is selected). If you wish to select the adjacent rows with the selected row, press Shift+ Up/down arrow key (s) to select the UP or DOWN to that row. Highlight Rows Based on a Multiple Criteria (AND/OR) You can also use multiple criteria to highlight rows using conditional formatting. For example, if you want to highlight all the rows where the Sales Rep name is ‘Bob’ and the quantity is more than 10, you can do that using the following steps: Select the entire dataset (A2:F17 in this.

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Arrow Keys

Navigate one cell at a time in any direction

Ctrl+Arrow Keys

Move to the edge of data region (cells that contains data)

Page Down/Page Up

Move one screen down/ up

Alt+Page Down/Page Up

Move one screen right/ left

Tab/Shift+Tab

Move one cell to the next/ previous cell in worksheet

Home

Move to beginning of row

Ctrl+Home

Move to the beginning of worksheet

Ctrl+End

Move to the last cell with content of worksheet

Ctrl+G

Display the GoTo dialog box

Ctrl+G then type e.g. A50

Go to line 50, Column A

Ctrl+G then type e.g. G1

Go to column G, Line 1 in Excel

Ctrl+Backspace

Set focus back to active cell after e.g. scrolling away from it

Highlight

Shift+Arrow Keys

Extend selection by one cell

Shift+Page Down/Page Up

Extend selection one screen down/ up

Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Keys

Extend selection to next non-blank cell

Shift+Home

Extend selection to beginning of the row (unfortunately, there is no Shift+End equivalent)

Ctrl+A with empty cells around current cell

Select all

Ctrl+A with filled cells around current cell

Select all cells inExtend Selection' texts at in Excel Status Bar. Press Escape to exit Extend Selection MOde

Shift+F8

Enter Locked Selection Extend Mode. Now you can add non-adjacent cells to a selection. There is an 'Add or Remove Selection' text at bottom of Excel Window

Shift+F8, then click on cells or click+drag cell ranges

Add non-adjacent cells or ranges to locked selection

Shift+F8, then Arrow Keys, then 2x Shift+F8 on a single cell

Add non-adjacent single cells to locked selection

Shift+F8, then Arrow Keys, then Shift+Arrow Keys, then 1x Shift+F8 selected range.

Add non-adjacent cell ranges to locked selection

Excel Shortcut For Highlighting Entire Row

These assume you are inside a cell, typically after pressing F2

Keyboard Shortcut Excel Highlight Row

F2

Edit cell. Press Escape to cancel

F2, then Shift+Home

Select Cell Content. Selects from current end of cursor to beginning

Home/End

Jump to beginning/ end of cell

Arrow Keys

Navigate by one character left/ right or one line up/ down

Ctrl+Arrow Left/Arrow Right

Navigate by one word left/ right

Shift+Arrow Keys

Select one character to the left/ right (or one line up/down)

Shift+Home/End

Select from the insertion point to beginning/ end of cell

Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Left/Arrow Right

Select or unselect one word to the left/ right

Delete/Backspace

Delete one character to the right/ left of cursor

Ctrl+Delete

Delete from cursor to end of cell

Alt+Enter

Start a new line inside cell

Enter/Shift+Enter

Complete cell entry and move one cell down/ up

Tab/Shift+Tab

Complete cell entry and move one cell right/ left

Ctrl+Enter

Complete cell entry and don't move selection

Ctrl+'

Duplicate value from Cell above into current cell at cursor position

Ctrl+;

Insert current date at cursor position

Ctrl+Shift+;

Insert current time at cursor position

All these shortcuts assume multipe cells have been selected. Try with at least 2-3 columns and rows.

Highlight Row In Excel Shortcut

Tab/Shift+Tab

Move active cell right/ left in selection

Enter/Shift+Enter

Move active cell down/ up in selection

Shift+Backspace

Select only the active cell when multiple cells are selected

Ctrl+Backspace

Show active cell within selection; helps with large selections when active cell is off screen

Ctrl+.

Move clockwise between the four courners of a selection

Ctrl+Alt+Arrow Right/Arrow Left

Move to the right/ to the left between non-adjacent selections (with multiple ranges selected)

Arrow Keys with active Selection

Cancel Selection

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Created by max on 12/18/2020. Last updated by max on 1/14/2021

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