7 Keyboard Shortcuts For Quickly Selecting Cells And Ranges In Excel

7 keyboard shortcuts (plus variations) on how to select cells and ranges on a worksheet.
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In this video I share 7 keyboard shortcuts (plus variations) on how to select cells and ranges on a worksheet. These save time with navigating the worksheet, especially when working with large data sheets.
Here are the main keyboard shortcuts.
1. Select Last Used Cell on the Sheet: Ctrl+End (0:15)
2. Select First Cell on the Sheet: Ctrl+Home (1:33)
3. Select Last Used Cell in a Range: Ctrl+Arrow Keys (2:02)
4. Select Multiple Cells: Shift+Arrow Keys (3:19)
5. Select Range of Used Cells in Row/Column: Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Keys (3:47)
6. Select Entire Range of Used Cells: Ctrl+Shift+Home/End (4:54)
7. Select All Cells in a Used Range: Ctrl+A (5:34)
I also explain variations and how each of these shortcuts works in different situations.
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Hey buddy. many thanks for your useful videos. How can we select the previous cells in a column or row? For example, I would like to have: "sum(A2:A1) in B2", "sum(A3:A1) in B3", "sum(A4:A1) in B4" and so on. In the common drag and drop, we will not have the desired format.

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Just want to know, If I select full column with Ctrl+Shift+Down Arrow Key, How can I jump back to the first cell in the selected column without losing the selection. Jump with keyboard short cuts not by using mouse please.

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Ctrl+Shift +Arrow is the most useful

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Awesome! Incredibly helpful! My mouth was agape the whole time I was watching this! One question: Do you know why it might be the case that when I attempt the Ctrl + End function, it takes me to a last used cell that I can't figure out how to delete? You showed how to delete the unused rows, but no matter what I delete (the column or the row), it still selects this same cell as the END. Thanks again for your help!

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When I'm working with a large dataset and I want to enter a whole column in a formula, it scrolls my excel all the way down of the page after using the excel shortcut ctrl + shift + down arrow. Is there a way to prevent that or is there a way to scroll all the way back up with a shortcut?

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Dell laptop Inspiron 13 - 7359 - what if the 'End' and 'right arrow' are on the same key?

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thenks mate i almost forgot that cont+shift trick I was very angry and curious that which key I have to press

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why Shift +Ctrl+Key down not work ,Can you tell me ,in Excel 2018 thanks !

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How do you select two different non-adjacent blocks of cells at the same time? Like a3-a7, then select d3-d7 while a3-a7 remains selected?

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Press Ctrl then right click 1 by 1.

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Sir what can I do when ctrl+shift+arrow key is not working in my laptop

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Question when I hold Ctri + End. It doesn't move the key to the end of the sheet but the end of the row. Can you please let me know why? Thanks

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If i have 300x20 in one cell or 300x100 or 300x1111 I want to extract what holds after x how can i do that what is the formula for that. I cant use right function for that so how can i do that

[@shirke01]

How to save it column and row so next time I open excel open same exact way

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You can select full row or collumn if you click on Thr numbers or letters. But how do I do it with the keyboard ?

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Ctrl + Spacebar to select column, Shift + Spacebar to select row

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Good video here! I’m forever adding and deleting columns and rows in worksheets, so I use ctrl+space and shift+space to select a full column or row, then use ctrl+ ‘+’ to insert a row or ctrl+’-‘ to delete.

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Great suggestion John! I use those shortcuts all the time too. Here is an article I have on 5 keyboard shortcuts for rows and columns. (www.excelcampus.com/keyboard-shortcuts/row-and-column-shortcuts/), that includes the Ctrl+'+' and Ctrl+'-'. I will create a video on those in the future as well. Thanks again! :-)

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Select your first data entry in the column, control + shift + down arrow
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For large data columns without selecting the header