Excel Shortcuts PC Mac

List of Excel Shortcuts

Excel shortcuts – It may seem slower at first if you’re used to the mouse, but it’s worth the investment to take the time and learn these important shortcuts.  We have provided the top time-saving Excel shortcuts for both a PC and a Mac below. To master these skills, check out CFI’s Free Excel Crash Course.

PC (Windows) Shortcuts & Mac Shortcuts

Reasons to Use Excel Shortcuts

To be more productive, faster, and more efficient when building financial models or performing financial analysis, it’s important to know the main keyboard shortcuts in Excel.  These are critical for careers in investment bankingInvestment BankingInvestment banking is the division of a bank or financial institution that serves governments, corporations, and institutions by providing underwriting (capital raising) and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory services. Investment banks act as intermediaries, equity research, FP&A, finance, accounting, and more.

The first thing you’ll do if you’re hired as an investment banking analyst is take a series of intense Excel training courses.  Your mouse will be taken away and you’ll be expected to learn financial modeling with only keyboard shortcuts.  If you follow our tips and tricks below you’ll be able to master these shortcuts on Windows or Mac operating systems.

You may also want to check out our section on Excel formulasKnowledgeCFI self-study guides are a great way to improve technical knowledge of finance, accounting, financial modeling, valuation, trading, economics, and more. or the Excel formulas cheat sheetExcel Formulas Cheat SheetCFI's Excel formulas cheat sheet will give you all the most important formulas to perform financial analysis and modeling in Excel spreadsheets. If you want to become a master of Excel financial analysis and an expert on building financial models then you've come to the right place.. Excel is quite robust, meaning there are a lot of different tools that can be utilized within it, and therefore there are many skillsExcel ResourcesLearn Excel online with 100's of free Excel tutorials, resources, guides & cheat sheets! CFI's resources are the best way to learn Excel on your own terms. one can practice and hone.

Free Excel Course

If you want to learn these keyboard shortcuts with your own personal online instructor, check out CFI’s Free Excel Crash Course! You’ll receive step by step instructions and demonstrations on how to avoid the mouse and only use your keyboard.

Additional Resources

Thanks for reading CFI’s guide to Excel shortcuts for your PC and Mac keyboard! By taking the time to learn and master these keys, you’ll significantly speed up your financial analysis. To learn more, check out these additional CFI resources:

• Excel functions for financeExcel for FinanceThis Excel for Finance guide will teach the top 10 formulas and functions you must know to be a great financial analyst in Excel. This guide has examples, screenshots and step by step instructions. In the end, download the free Excel template that includes all the finance functions covered in the tutorial
• Advanced Excel formulasAdvanced Excel Formulas Must KnowThese advanced Excel formulas are critical to know and will take your financial analysis skills to the next level. Advanced Excel functions
• Types of graphs in ExcelTypes of GraphsTop 10 types of graphs for data presentation you must use - examples, tips, formatting, how to use these different graphs for effective communication and in presentations. Download the Excel template with bar chart, line chart, pie chart, histogram, waterfall, scatterplot, combo graph (bar and line), gauge chart,
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