We are starting a new series of articles on Digitizor titled - "Killer Keyboard Shortcuts". In this  series we will bring to you a number of useful keyboard shortcuts for various softwares and tools. This will make you finish your work faster thus you become more productive. To begin with, we will tell you about various important keyboard shortcuts in Microsoft Excel.

To...	Use this shortcut
Move right to left, cell by cell	Tab
Move up and down, cell by cell	Enter
Erase data in current cell	Backspace
Return to the beginning of the row	Home
Enter the date	Ctrl + ; (semicolon)
Enter the time	Ctrl + Shift + : (colon)
Start a formula	= (equal sign)
Check the spelling of titles or words within the cells	F7
Find out about the style within the cell	ALT + ' (apostrophe)
Display the Format Cells dialog box	Ctrl + 1
Apply the general number format	Ctrl + Shift + ~
Turn numbers into dollars	Ctrl + Shift + $
Make numbers a percentage	Ctrl + Shift + %
Apply a border	Ctrl + Shift + &

Credits: Liz

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