Name Keystroke Category Utility Description

General Number Cycle Ctrl Shift 1 NUMBERS 5 Cycle through customizable general number formats (e.g. 0.0).
Local Currency Cycle Ctrl Shift 4 NUMBERS 5 Cycle through customizable local currency formats.
Foreign Currency Cycle Ctrl Alt Shift 4 NUMBERS 3 Cycle through customizable foreign currency formats.
Percent Cycle Ctrl Shift 5 NUMBERS 5 Cycle through customizable percentage number formats (e.g. 35%, 150bps, L+350).
Multiple Cycle Ctrl Shift 8 NUMBERS 4 Cycle through customizable multiple number formats (e.g. 8.2x).
Date Cycle Ctrl Shift 2 NUMBERS 4 Cycle through customizable date formats (e.g. 9/30/14, Sep 30, 2014).
Binary Cycle Ctrl Shift Y NUMBERS 3 Cycle through customizable binary formats (e.g. Yes/No, Y/N, On/Off).
Ratio Cycle Alt Shift ; NUMBERS 2 Cycle through customizable ratio formats (e.g. 1.2345:1, 6/10).
Increase Decimals Ctrl , NUMBERS 5 Increase the number of decimal places shown for numbers in all selected cells.
Decrease Decimals Ctrl . NUMBERS 5 Decrease the number of decimal places shown for numbers in all selected cells.
Shift Decimal Left Alt Shift , NUMBERS 4 Shift the decimal place to the left for all numeric inputs in the selected range (i.e. divide by 10).
Shift Decimal Right Alt Shift . NUMBERS 4 Shift the decimal place to the right for all numeric inputs in the selected range (i.e. multiply by 10).
Blue-Black Toggle Ctrl ; COLORS 5 Toggle fonts between your AutoColor color for inputs (typically blue) and your default font color (typically black).
Font Color Cycle Ctrl ' COLORS 5 Cycle through customizable font colors.
Fill Color Cycle Ctrl Shift K COLORS 4 Cycle through customizable cell background colors.
Border Color Cycle Ctrl Alt Shift ' COLORS 4 Cycle through customizable cell border colors.
Chart Color Cycle Ctrl Alt C COLORS 3 Cycle through customizable chart colors.
Alternate Shading Cycle Ctrl Alt R COLORS 3 Cycle through alternating row/column shading styles.
AutoColor Cycle Ctrl Alt . COLORS 3 Cycle through customizable font AutoColor colors.
AutoColor Selection Ctrl Alt A COLORS 4 Color fonts of selected cells according to user preferences.
AutoColor Sheet Ctrl Alt S COLORS 3 Color fonts of entire active worksheet according to user preferences.
AutoColor Workbook Ctrl Alt Q COLORS 2 Color fonts of entire active workbook according to user preferences.
Center Cycle Ctrl Shift C ALIGNMENT 5 Cycle through horizontal cell centering styles.
Horizontal Cycle Ctrl Shift H ALIGNMENT 4 Cycle through horizontal cell alignment styles.
Vertical Cycle Ctrl Shift V ALIGNMENT 2 Cycle through vertical cell alignment styles.
Left Indent Cycle Ctrl Shift I ALIGNMENT 3 Increase left indentation up to a customizable maximum, then repeat cycle.
Right Indent Cycle Ctrl Alt Shift I ALIGNMENT 2 Increase right indentation up to a customizable maximum, then repeat cycle.
Top Border Ctrl Alt Shift Up BORDERS 2 Apply a customizable top border with the default border color to selected cells. Repeat to change the border style.
Bottom Border Ctrl Alt Shift Down BORDERS 2 Apply a customizable bottom border with the default border color to selected cells. Repeat to change the border style.
Left Border Ctrl Alt Shift Left BORDERS 1 Apply a customizable left border with the default border color to selected cells. Repeat to change the border style.
Right Border Ctrl Alt Shift Right BORDERS 1 Apply a customizable right border with the default border color to selected cells. Repeat to change the border style.
Outside Borders Ctrl Shift 7 BORDERS 3 Apply a customizable border with the default border color around selected cells. Repeat to change the border style.
Inside Borders Ctrl Alt Shift 7 BORDERS 3 Apply a customizable border with the default border color inside selected cells. Repeat to change the border style.
No Border Ctrl Shift - BORDERS 3 Remove all borders from selected cells. This is a native Excel shortcut.
Font Style Cycle Ctrl Alt O FONTS 3 Cycle through customizable font styles
Font Size Cycle Alt Shift G FONTS 3 Cycle through customizable font sizes
Increase Font Ctrl Shift F FONTS 4 Increase font size of selected cells
Decrease Font Ctrl Shift G FONTS 4 Decrease font size of selected cells
Increase Table Size Ctrl Alt Shift F FONTS 2 Increase cell font, height, and width proportionally. Differs from simply increasing font size in that cell width is adjusted automatically rather than fixed.
Decrease Table Size Ctrl Alt Shift G FONTS 2 Decrease cell font, height, and width proportionally. Differs from simply decreasing font size in that cell width is adjusted automatically rather than fixed.
Capture Paintbrush Style Ctrl Alt Shift C PAINTBRUSH 4 Capture the style of selected cells for application later, without using Windows clipboard.
Apply Paintbrush Style Ctrl Alt Shift P PAINTBRUSH 4 Cycle through captured paintbrush styles to apply them to selected cells.
Underline Cycle Ctrl Shift U OTHER FORMATTING 3 Cycle through font underline styles.
Case Cycle Alt Shift C OTHER FORMATTING 2 Cycle through sentence, title, upper, and lower case styles for text in selected cells
List Cycle Ctrl Alt Shift L OTHER FORMATTING 2 Create bulleted or numbered lists from text in selected cells. Repeat key stroke to toggle list type and remove list.
Leader Dots Alt Shift L OTHER FORMATTING 2 Add leader dots to text in selected cells. Repeat key stroke to remove leader dots.
Footnote Cycle Ctrl Alt Shift 6 OTHER FORMATTING 2 Modify the number format of the selected cell to show a superscripted footnote to the right of the cell's contents. Repeat key stroke to increment the footnote number or remove the footnote once the maximum footnote value is reached.
Footnote Toggle Ctrl Shift 6 OTHER FORMATTING 2 Superscript numbers at the end of a string. Superscripts will be applied with or without a single space between the last letter in the string and the footnote number. Repeat key stroke to remove footnote.
Wrap Text Ctrl Shift W OTHER FORMATTING 3 Toggle on/off text wrap in selected cells.
Sum Bar Ctrl Shift M OTHER FORMATTING 2 Insert sum bars into selected cells. Repeat key stroke to remove sum bars.
Custom Cycle 1 Ctrl Alt 1 CUSTOM CYCLES 5 Cycle through customizable cell styles.
Custom Cycle 2 Ctrl Alt 2 CUSTOM CYCLES 5 Cycle through customizable cell styles.
Custom Cycle 3 Ctrl Alt 3 CUSTOM CYCLES 4 Cycle through customizable cell styles.
Custom Cycle 4 Ctrl Alt 4 CUSTOM CYCLES 4 Cycle through customizable cell styles.
Custom Cycle 5 Ctrl Alt 5 CUSTOM CYCLES 3 Cycle through customizable cell styles.
Custom Cycle 6 Ctrl Alt 6 CUSTOM CYCLES 3 Cycle through customizable cell styles.
Custom Cycle 7 Ctrl Alt 7 CUSTOM CYCLES 2 Cycle through customizable cell styles.
Custom Cycle 8 Ctrl Alt 8 CUSTOM CYCLES 2 Cycle through customizable cell styles.
Fast Fill Right Ctrl Shift R MODELING 5 Similar to the native Fill Right (Ctrl R), but intelligently determines how far right to fill so that pre-selection of the range to be filled is not required. Also, ignores blank cells (e.g. spacer columns between years that are intended to be empty).
Fast Fill Down Ctrl Shift D MODELING 5 Similar to the native Fill Down (Ctrl D), but intelligently determines how far down to fill so that pre-selection of the range to be filled is not required. Also, ignores blank cells (e.g. spacer rows intended to be empty).
Error Wrap Ctrl Shift E MODELING 5 Adjust formulas of selected cells to replace errors from existing formulas with custom error messages or values using IFERROR.
Simplify Formula Ctrl Alt Shift V MODELING 4 Replace multiple Excel functions in a formula with the values or cell references to which they evaluate. This reduces formula complexity and makes auditing formulas easier.
Comment Formula Ctrl Alt ' MODELING 3 Comment out selected formulas and numeric inputs by prepending an apostrophe so that formulas and numbers appear in cells as text. Repeat to remove leading apostrophes.
Clean Cells Ctrl Shift L MODELING 3 Remove extra spaces and non-printable characters in cell values and extraneous sheet names from cell formulas.
Anchor Formula Cycle Ctrl F2 MODELING 3 Change all formula cell references in selected cells to absolute or relative.
Flatten Ctrl Shift 3 MODELING 3 Replace formulas in the selected range with values and color fonts according to AutoColor settings.
Flip Sign Ctrl Shift N MODELING 2 Multiply selected cells containing inputs by -1. Handy when changing the sign convention of expenses, for example.
Untranspose Ctrl Alt Shift T MODELING 2 Replace TRANSPOSE formula array with direct links to source cells.
Wrap Parentheses Ctrl Alt 9 MODELING 2 Wrap the selected cell's formula in parentheses and enter Edit Mode.
Paste Insert Ctrl Alt I COPY & PASTE 5 Insert copied or cut cells at the current selection. Macabacus will intelligently determine how many rows/columns to insert to accomodate the copied/cut cells and whether you intend to paste an entire row or column.
Paste Number Formats Ctrl Alt F COPY & PASTE 2 Paste number formats only.
Paste Links Ctrl Alt L COPY & PASTE 2 Paste links to copied cells. This is similar to Excel's native Paste Link, except that Macabacus (a) does not paste links to empty cells, (b) more reliably applies number formats from the copied range, and (c) applies AutoColor font colors to the pasted range if AutoColor on Entry is enabled.
Paste Exact Ctrl Alt E COPY & PASTE 3 Paste copied cells exactly as they are, preserving original formula cell references.
Paste Duplicate Ctrl Alt D COPY & PASTE 5 Paste copied cells preserving original formulas, except to maintain formulaic relativity within the pasted region.
Paste Transpose Ctrl Alt T COPY & PASTE 4 Transpose paste copied cells as links, number formats, or exact formulas.
Pro Precedents Ctrl Shift [ AUDITING 5 Opens a dialog box that contains links to all precedent cells relied upon for calculation of the active cell. You can quickly navigate to each precedent cell, including those on other worksheets and in other workbooks. This tool will attempt to open any external workbooks containing precedent cells.
Pro Dependents Ctrl Shift ] AUDITING 5 Opens a dialog box that contains links to all dependent cells whose calculation relies upon the active cell. You can quickly navigate to each dependent cell, including those on other worksheets and in other workbooks. This tool will attempt to open any external workbooks containing dependent cells.
Last Audited Cell Ctrl Shift \ AUDITING 4 Return to the cell last audited using Pro Precedents/Dependents
AutoTrace Precedents Ctrl Alt Shift [ AUDITING 3 Toggle on/off automatically showing precedents trace arrows as you navigate among cells.
AutoTrace Dependents Ctrl Alt Shift ] AUDITING 3 Toggle on/off automatically showing dependents trace arrows as you navigate among cells.
Show All Precedents Ctrl Alt [ AUDITING 5 Similar to Excel's native Show Precedents tool, but can show precedents for all selected cells at once.
Show All Dependents Ctrl Alt ] AUDITING 5 Similar to Excel's native Show Dependents tool, but can show dependents for all selected cells at once. A useful check to perform before deleting cells that helps avoid unintentional #REF! errors upon deletion.
Clear Arrows Ctrl Alt \ AUDITING 5 Clear trace arrows from the active worksheet.
Uniformulas Ctrl Q AUDITING 4 Identify adjacent cells with the same formulaic structure as the selected cell. Faster than checking cells' formulas individually using the familiar but tedious F2 > Esc > Arrow sequence.
Zoom In Ctrl Alt = VIEW 4 Increase the magnification of selected worksheets by a customizable increment.
Zoom Out Ctrl Alt - VIEW 4 Decrease the magnification of selected worksheets by a customizable decrement.
Toggle Gridlines Ctrl Alt G VIEW 3 Toggle gridlines visibility for selected worksheets.
Hide Page Breaks Ctrl Alt B VIEW 3 Hide page breaks on selected worksheets when in Normal View.
Smart Print Area Ctrl Alt Shift B VIEW 2 Set the print area to the current selection or add the current selection to the existing print area.
Maximize View Ctrl Alt Shift W VIEW 4 Toggle visibility of the Formula Bar, Status Bar, Ribbon, row/column headers, and/or task panes to maximize your workspace while you work (especially useful when screen real estate is limited). This is similar to Excel's native Full Screen mode, except that pressing the Esc key will not exit from Full Screen mode. Note that you must use the shortcut keystroke to exit from maximized view, or restart Excel.
Add Watch Ctrl Alt W NAVIGATION 4 Add a watch to selected cells.
Next Watch Ctrl Alt N NAVIGATION 4 Navigate to the next watch.
Previous Watch Ctrl Alt P NAVIGATION 4 Navigate to the previous watch.
Remove Watch Ctrl Alt X NAVIGATION 4 Remove watches from selected cells.
First Sheet Ctrl Alt Home NAVIGATION 3 Go to the first sheet in the active workbook.
Last Sheet Ctrl Alt End NAVIGATION 3 Go to the last sheet in the active workbook.
Next Sheet Loop Ctrl Alt PgDn NAVIGATION 3 Loop forward through sheets without stopping when the last sheet is reached.
Previous Sheet Loop Ctrl Alt PgUp NAVIGATION 3 Loop backward through sheets without stopping when the first sheet is reached.
Activate Sheet Ctrl Shift T NAVIGATION 3 Open an improved version of Excel's native Activate dialog to navigate sheets in this workbook. This tool is particularly useful for navigating workbooks with a large number of sheets.
Move Sheet Left Ctrl Alt Shift N NAVIGATION 3 Move the selected sheet(s) to the left.
Move Sheet Right Ctrl Alt Shift M NAVIGATION 3 Move the selected sheet(s) to the right.
Go To Min Ctrl Alt Shift , NAVIGATION 2 Go to the cell with the minimum value in the selected range or, if only one cell is selected, in the contiguous range.
Go To Max Ctrl Alt Shift . NAVIGATION 2 Go to the cell with the maximum value in the selected range or, if only one cell is selected, in the contiguous range.
Row Height Cycle Alt Shift PgUp ROWS & COLUMNS 4 Cycle through customizable row heights.
Column Width Cycle Ctrl Alt Shift PgUp ROWS & COLUMNS 4 Cycle through customizable column widths.
Autofit Height Alt Shift PgDn ROWS & COLUMNS 3 Autofit selected row(s).
Autofit Width Ctrl Alt Shift PgDn ROWS & COLUMNS 3 Autofit selected column(s).
Insert Row Alt Shift Ins ROWS & COLUMNS 4 Insert one or more rows above the selected range.
Insert Column Ctrl Alt Shift Ins ROWS & COLUMNS 4 Insert one or more columns to the left of the selected range.
Delete Row Alt Shift Del ROWS & COLUMNS 4 Delete selected rows; selection of entire row is not required.
Delete Column Ctrl Alt Shift Del ROWS & COLUMNS 4 Delete selected columns; selection of entire column is not required.
Group Row Alt Shift Right ROWS & COLUMNS 3 Group selected row(s).
Group Column Alt Shift Down ROWS & COLUMNS 3 Group selected column(s).
Ungroup Row Alt Shift Left ROWS & COLUMNS 3 Ungroup selected row(s).
Ungroup Column Alt Shift Up ROWS & COLUMNS 3 Ungroup selected column(s).
Hide Row Alt Shift Home ROWS & COLUMNS 3 Hide selected row(s).
Hide Column Ctrl Alt Shift Home ROWS & COLUMNS 3 Hide selected column(s).
Unhide Row Alt Shift End ROWS & COLUMNS 3 Unhide selected row(s).
Unhide Column Ctrl Alt Shift End ROWS & COLUMNS 3 Unhide selected column(s).
Expand All Rows Alt Shift = ROWS & COLUMNS 3 Expand all rows.
Expand All Columns Ctrl Alt Shift = ROWS & COLUMNS 3 Expand all columns.
Collapse All Rows Alt Shift - ROWS & COLUMNS 3 Collapse all rows.
Collapse All Columns Ctrl Alt Shift - ROWS & COLUMNS 3 Collapse all columns.
Proper Hide Ctrl Alt H ROWS & COLUMNS 2 Replace hidden rows/columns with grouped and collapsed rows/columns in the active worksheet. Grouping and collapsing rows/columns is a better practice than simply hiding them (e.g. by setting their height/width to zero).
Copy Row/Column Info Ctrl Alt J ROWS & COLUMNS 3 Captures row and column information (size, hidden state, and grouped state) from selected range for pasting to another range.
Paste Row/Column Info Ctrl Alt K ROWS & COLUMNS 3 Applies previously captured row and column information (size, hidden state, and grouped state) to selected range.
Export Match Width Ctrl Alt Left EXPORT 5 Export selection to PowerPoint or Word, and match the width and position of any selected PowerPoint or Word shape.
Export Match Height Ctrl Alt Down EXPORT 5 Export selection to PowerPoint or Word, and match the height and position of any selected PowerPoint or Word shape.
Export Match None Ctrl Alt Right EXPORT 5 Export selection to PowerPoint or Word, and match the position of any selected PowerPoint or Word shape.
Export Match Both Ctrl Alt Up EXPORT 3 Export selection to PowerPoint or Word, and match the width, height, and position of any selected PowerPoint or Word shape.
Quick Save Ctrl Shift S UTILITIES & OTHER 5 Quickly save this workbook without recalculating, regardless of calculation settings.
Quick Save All Ctrl Alt Shift S UTILITIES & OTHER 2 Quickly save all open workbooks without recalculating, regardless of calculation settings.
Quick Save As Alt F12 UTILITIES & OTHER 4 Quickly save a workbook without recalculating, regardless of calculation settings.
Quick Save Up Shift F12 UTILITIES & OTHER 4 Quickly save a workbook as a new version without recalculating, regardless of calculation settings. The file name will be changed to reflect the incremented version number.
Reopen Ctrl Alt Shift O UTILITIES & OTHER 2 Close and reopen the active workbook. If the workbook is not saved, you will be prompted to save.
Fix Comment Ctrl Alt Shift X UTILITIES & OTHER 3 Restore selected cells' comments to their default positions with respect to their parent cells, and resize them to fit content. When multiple worksheets are selected, all comments on those sheets will be fixed.
Delete Comment Ctrl Alt Shift D UTILITIES & OTHER 3 Delete cell comments from selected cells. When multiple worksheets are selected, all comments on those sheets will be deleted.
Font Color Cycle Ctrl Alt 7 COLORS 5 Cycle through customizable font colors.
Border Color Cycle Ctrl Alt 9 COLORS 4 Cycle through customizable cell border colors.
Zoom In Ctrl Alt = VIEW 4 Increase the magnification of selected worksheets by a customizable increment.
Zoom Out Ctrl Alt - VIEW 4 Decrease the magnification of selected worksheets by a customizable decrement.
Reopen Ctrl Alt Shift O UTILITIES & OTHER 2 Close and reopen the active workbook. If the workbook is not saved, you will be prompted to save.