![]() ![]() While Excel is already a pretty fast program, there are a few shortcuts that can help you work even faster. Whether you're a student, a business owner, or just someone who likes to keep track of things, Excel is a powerful tool that can help you get your work done faster. Those who like to use the mouse for everything and never use keyboard shortcuts (98% of the population) are oblivious to all of this, as they should be.If you're like most people, you probably use Microsoft Excel for a variety of tasks. ![]() Imagine if in a photo album application, where all of the photo thumbnails were displayed, after you were able to keyboard your way to a particular photo, you had to hit Command-O to open that photo? You’d go crazy! I’ve tried some photo applications like that, but I gave up on those quickly as they clearly didn’t understand the normal usage flow of their heavier users.Īgain, this is for the heavy super-users. Lastly, for anyone who lives by the keyboard, having to use two hands to manipulate the keyboard to select a file is highly highly inefficient, and THAT is truly retarded. So why would you have one usage be Command Open while the other is Enter? In this dialog, you don’t hit Command-O to select the file you want to open you hit Enter (or double click for those who don’t like to use the keyboard, but then, this thread shouldn’t be of any interest to you in the first place) to open the file. When you try to open a file with the context of an application like Word, Excel, or any other application, the application will pop open an instance of the File Chooser dialog box, which is actually just another view of Finder. I understand to increase their sales, MS has to keep mucking with their Office Suite, but they do it at the expense of everyone else who’s bought it up to that point).Īctually, here’s the reason Finder’s default key mapping is “retarded”. I’ve got all of that junk turned off permanently, although in Redmond’s Apple-esque wisdom, there is a lot of functionality in the Ribbon that isn’t available in the pulldown menus. (and don’t get me started about the ultra-retardation in the Windows ‘Ribbon’ recently. Which then means you can’t map Insert a Sheet to F10 or Insert Chart to Shift F10, which is the standard Windows Excel mapping. The one weird (though good, if you like it as so) aspect of doing so is that the volume/mute function keys will still work without hitting the Fn key together, which is a pain in the butt because you can’t use F10~F12 as standard keys. Given the number of times I actually change my screen brightness vs the number of times I have to edit a cell in Excel, it’s a worthy change. This means though you have to hit the Fn + F2/F3 keys to dim/brighten your screen etc. This will let you use the F2 key in Excel without dimming your screen. In your System Preferences / Keyboard / Keyboard, you’ll need to have the checkbox “Use all F1, F2, etc keys as standard function keys” checked. The way that you’ll have to get it to work is this: ![]() Then take control of the situation and use CONTROL+U to edit that cell and get on with your life. If you use F2 to edit a cell on a Mac, remember your screwed, and think FU. If you want to edit the active cell use the keyboard shortcut CONTROL+U. Edit the Active Cell in Excel for MacĬONTROL+U is the new F2 when you’re using Excel with a Mac. How could they do this? What were they thinking? Window users are screwed when it comes to keyboard shortcuts in Excel for Mac. ![]() But wait! In Excel for Mac the F2 key cuts text from the active cell. You want to edit a formula, hit the F2 key. It edits the active cell and positions the cursor at the end of the cell contents. The F2 key is a fundamental shortcut I learned early in my Excel life. The main gripe I have is that keyboard shortcuts should be the same in every version of Excel, yet the Windows and Mac worlds are light-years apart. Switching to a Mac has its advantages but Excel shortcuts isn’t one of them. ![]()
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