MS Excel: 5 Most useful shortcuts in Excel 1. Shift+space : This shortcut is used to select the single entire row . Hold down the shift key and use up/down arrows to select multiple rows. 2. Ctrl+ space : This shortcut can be time saving to select an entire column . Hold down the shift key and use left/right arrows to select multiple columns 3. Ctrl+T : This is used to quickly insert the table . It would ask where the data is for your table before creating the table. 4. Ctrl+9 : It can be used to hide rows in a worksheet.Note, hidden rows will not be printed. 5. Ctrl+0 : This is helpful in hiding the columns in a worksheet. Note,hidden columns will not be printed. Click here to learn about Charts in Excel