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MS Excel: 5 most useful shortcuts

 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. 


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