


Gotcha: Although it makes sense to memorize keyboard shortcuts for the ribbon, it does not make sense to do so for the Quick Access toolbar. In Excel, you should be able to reach every command by using the keyboard. Others might require using the arrow keys to select them.Ī few commands in Excel 2003 were difficult to reach with the keyboard shortcuts. Some items in that menu will have shortcut keys. In some cases, a keyboard shortcut leads to a new flyout menu or gallery. Some of the shortcuts don't seem to have any rhyme or reason I have no idea why H is used for fill color Other keyboard shortcuts make sense in a historical context for example, Ctrl+V has meant Paste for 25 years, so it seems natural to use V for Paste. Some of these keyboard shortcuts are somewhat obvious for example, FS stands for Font Size and FF stands for Font Face. In Fig 45, you can see that C is Copy, F+P is Format Painter, and F+O is the dialog launcher for the Clipboard group.

The Quick Access toolbar shortcuts are numbers 1 through 9, and then they start using two digits from 09 down to 01. In the figure below, you can see that the letters F, H, N, P, M, and A will allow you to access different tabs of the ribbon. Excel labels each tab of the ribbon with a different letter. You can use the Alt key to access the ribbon tabs. While the Quick Access toolbar shortcuts are subject to change, the ribbon shortcuts are predictable and worth learning.

Strategy: The keyboard shortcuts for Excel allow you to access almost everything on the ribbon and Quick Access toolbar. I would like to be able to use the keyboard to access some of the most-used Excel commands. Problem: I never learned the Excel 2003 menu shortcuts.
