Keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet generator for your daily tools

Build one printable page from the shortcuts you actually use. Choose your apps, keep the platform you work on, and trim the groups until the sheet fits the work in front of you.

The preview is the thing you will print. Each app keeps its name and each group keeps its task heading, so a key such as Ctrl+P still makes sense when several apps share the same paper.

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Microsoft Excel keyboard shortcuts

Microsoft Excel · Windows

ActionWindows
Navigation and selection
Move to the edge of the data regionCtrl Arrow
Select from here to the edge of the data regionCtrl Shift Arrow
Move to cell A1Ctrl Home
Move to the last used cellCtrl End
Switch to the next worksheetCtrl Page Down
Close the current workbookCtrl W
Select the current rowShift Space
Select the current columnCtrl Space
Select the current data regionCtrl A
Move one screen downPage Down
Move one screen upPage Up
Cell editing
Edit the active cellF2
Start a new line inside the cellAlt Enter
Fill down from the cell aboveCtrl D
Fill right from the cell to the leftCtrl R
Insert today's dateCtrl ;
Insert the current timeCtrl Shift ;
Repeat the last actionF4
Cancel the current cell entryEsc
Remove the contents of selected cellsDelete
Insert a functionShift F3
Formatting
Open the Format Cells dialogCtrl 1
Apply the General number formatCtrl Shift ~
Apply the Currency formatCtrl Shift $
Apply the Percentage formatCtrl Shift %
Toggle showing formulas instead of resultsCtrl `
Apply bold formattingCtrl B
Apply underline formattingCtrl U
Apply italic formattingCtrl I
Apply the date formatCtrl Shift #
Apply the time formatCtrl Shift @
Apply an outline borderCtrl Shift &
Tables and data
Create a table from the current rangeCtrl T
Turn filter buttons on or offCtrl Shift L
Insert a hyperlinkCtrl K
Insert a new worksheetShift F11
Hide the selected rowsCtrl 9
Hide the selected columnsCtrl 0
Insert rows, columns, or cellsCtrl +
Delete selected rows, columns, or cellsCtrl -
Refresh external dataAlt F5
Open the context menuShift F10
Ribbon and functions
Go to the Home tabAlt H
Go to the Insert tabAlt N
Go to the Page Layout tabAlt P
Go to the Data tabAlt A
Go to the View tabAlt W
Go to the Formulas tabAlt M
Insert an AutoSum formulaAlt =
Expand or collapse the formula barCtrl Shift U

Build a sheet for the work you actually do

A useful cheat sheet is smaller than the reference it came from. Pick the apps that share your desk, keep the platform you are using, and remove groups that belong to a job you do not do. A focused page has a chance of staying beside the keyboard instead of becoming another document you never open.

If you move between a terminal, an editor, and a browser, make one sheet for that loop. If you are learning one app, select only its groups and give yourself a page you can glance at without hunting through unrelated commands.

Choose the platform before you print

Windows, macOS, and Linux often share the action but change the modifier. Keep all platforms when the sheet is for a shared desk or a team. Choose one platform when you want a quieter page and know which keyboard will be in front of you.

Some applications also use terminal settings, editor modes, or custom keymaps. The sheet keeps the documented default rows from this reference. It does not rewrite them for a personal binding file.

Read the paper as a task list

Each app keeps its own name and each group keeps its task heading. That matters when several apps share keys such as Ctrl+P or Cmd+K. The action beside the keys tells you which app context gives the combination its meaning.

The live preview is the document that prints. If you remove an app, platform, or group, the count and the paper change with it. Groups that have no shortcut for the selected platform disappear from the sheet rather than leaving an empty heading behind.

What this sheet does not promise

This generator does not discover shortcuts from your installed apps, inspect custom bindings, or turn undocumented actions into guesses. It prints the rows in the stack127 keyboard reference for the choices you made. For a full app page, including notes about modes and sequences, use the keyboard shortcuts directory.

Keep the first version deliberately short

Start with the keys that remove a repeated interruption today. When those become ordinary, make a second sheet or add another group. The point is to put the next useful action near your hand, not to turn every documented shortcut into homework.

Your selections stay in this browser while you build the sheet. Printing uses the browser's own print dialog, so the final paper follows the page you can see here.