The first method is not the standard keyboard shortcut, rather a way to control the ribbon with a keyboard. In this method, you press Left Alt, release the button, then press the H button twice. It won’t highlight a cell but will open the menu, where you will be able to choose your color with a mouse or keyboard arrows. Navigation Basics. Navigate one cell at a time in any direction. Ctrl+Arrow Keys.
- Hotkey For Highlighting In Excel
- Shortcut For Highlighting Row In Excel
- Excel Command To Highlight Row
How to extend selection to the end of column or entire row in Excel?
When working with a long column or row, you may need to select the whole column or row with data for some purpose. In this article, we will show you how to extend the selection to the end of column or row after selecting the first cell.
Extend selection to the end of column of row with shortcut keyThe following shortcut keys help you extending selection to end of column or row in Excel.
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1. Select the first or any cell of the column or row, and then press the keys simultaneously. Then you can see the selection is extended to the end of current column as below screenshot shown.
2. For extending the selection to the entire row, please select the first or any cell of the row, then press keys simultaneously.
Then you can see the selection is extended to the entire row with data as below screenshot show.
Hotkey For Highlighting In Excel
Notes:
1. If the first selected cell is empty, it will extend the selection to the first non-empty cell below the selected cell as following screenshot shown:
2. If there are blank cells exist in the column, the selection will stop at the first blank cell after using the shortcut key as below screenshot shown.
Shortcut For Highlighting Row In Excel
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Excel Shortcuts for selecting Rows Columns and Cells
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Arrow Keys | Navigate one cell at a time in any direction |
Ctrl+Arrow Keys | Move to the edge of data region (cells that contains data) |
Page Down/Page Up | Move one screen down/ up |
Alt+Page Down/Page Up | Move one screen right/ left |
Tab/Shift+Tab | Move one cell to the next/ previous cell in worksheet |
Home | Move to beginning of row |
Ctrl+Home | Move to the beginning of worksheet |
Ctrl+End | Move to the last cell with content of worksheet |
Ctrl+G | Display the GoTo dialog box |
Ctrl+G then type e.g. A50 | Go to line 50, Column A |
Ctrl+G then type e.g. G1 | Go to column G, Line 1 in Excel |
Ctrl+Backspace | Set focus back to active cell after e.g. scrolling away from it |
Shift+Arrow Keys | Extend selection by one cell |
Shift+Page Down/Page Up | Extend selection one screen down/ up |
Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Keys | Extend selection to next non-blank cell |
Shift+Home | Extend selection to beginning of the row (unfortunately, there is no Shift+End equivalent) |
Ctrl+A with empty cells around current cell | Select all |
Ctrl+A with filled cells around current cell | Select all cells inExtend Selection' texts at in Excel Status Bar. Press Escape to exit Extend Selection MOde |
Shift+F8 | Enter Locked Selection Extend Mode. Now you can add non-adjacent cells to a selection. There is an 'Add or Remove Selection' text at bottom of Excel Window |
Shift+F8, then click on cells or click+drag cell ranges | Add non-adjacent cells or ranges to locked selection |
Shift+F8, then Arrow Keys, then 2x Shift+F8 on a single cell | Add non-adjacent single cells to locked selection |
Shift+F8, then Arrow Keys, then Shift+Arrow Keys, then 1x Shift+F8 selected range. | Add non-adjacent cell ranges to locked selection |
These assume you are inside a cell, typically after pressing F2
F2 | Edit cell. Press Escape to cancel |
F2, then Shift+Home | Select Cell Content. Selects from current end of cursor to beginning |
Home/End | Jump to beginning/ end of cell |
Arrow Keys | Navigate by one character left/ right or one line up/ down |
Ctrl+Arrow Left/Arrow Right | Navigate by one word left/ right |
Shift+Arrow Keys | Select one character to the left/ right (or one line up/down) |
Shift+Home/End | Select from the insertion point to beginning/ end of cell |
Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Left/Arrow Right | Select or unselect one word to the left/ right |
Delete/Backspace | Delete one character to the right/ left of cursor |
Ctrl+Delete | Delete from cursor to end of cell |
Alt+Enter | Start a new line inside cell |
Enter/Shift+Enter | Complete cell entry and move one cell down/ up |
Tab/Shift+Tab | Complete cell entry and move one cell right/ left |
Ctrl+Enter | Complete cell entry and don't move selection |
Ctrl+' | Duplicate value from Cell above into current cell at cursor position |
Ctrl+; | Insert current date at cursor position |
Ctrl+Shift+; | Insert current time at cursor position |
Excel Command To Highlight Row
All these shortcuts assume multipe cells have been selected. Try with at least 2-3 columns and rows.
Tab/Shift+Tab | Move active cell right/ left in selection |
Enter/Shift+Enter | Move active cell down/ up in selection |
Shift+Backspace | Select only the active cell when multiple cells are selected |
Ctrl+Backspace | Show active cell within selection; helps with large selections when active cell is off screen |
Ctrl+. | Move clockwise between the four courners of a selection |
Ctrl+Alt+Arrow Right/Arrow Left | Move to the right/ to the left between non-adjacent selections (with multiple ranges selected) |
Arrow Keys with active Selection | Cancel Selection |
Created by max on 12/18/2020. Last updated by max on 1/14/2021