Keyboard shortcuts

Common keyboard shortcuts supported by Equals

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In this document we describe all keyboard shortcuts supported by Equals, including standard shortcuts and alt mode shortcuts. Equals also has a built-in command bar enabling you to access any command with a single shortcut.

Standard shortcuts

Common actions

ActionMacPC
Select all⌘ + a
ctrl + a		ctrl + a
Undo⌘ + z
ctrl + z		ctrl + z
Redoctrl + y
⌘ + shift + z
ctrl + shift + z		ctrl + y
Clear selectionBackspace
Delete		Backspace
Delete
Open cell editorF2F2
Toggle $ cell locksF4F4
Fill downctrl + dctrl + d
Fill rightctrl + rctrl + r
Copy⌘ + cctrl + c
Cut⌘ + xctrl + x
Paste⌘ + vctrl + v
Paste special⌘ + ctrl + v
ctrl + shift + v
Paste values⌘ + shift + vctrl + shift + v

Rows and columns

ActionMacPC
Select columnctrl + spacectrl + space
Select rowshift + spaceshift + space
Insert cellsctrl + shift + =
Remove cellsctrl + shift + -
Hide rowctrl + 9ctrl + 9
Hide columnctrl + 0ctrl + 0

Navigate spreadsheet

ActionMacPC
Cell navigationarrow keysarrow keys
Move up cellshift + entershift + enter
Move down cellenterenter
Move right celltabtab
Jump through selections⌘ + arrow keysctrl + arrow keys
Select cellsshift + arrow keysshift + arrow keys
Move left one cellshift + tabshift + tab
Previous sheetctrl + shift + pageupctrl + shift + pageup
Next sheetctrl + shift + pagedownctrl + shift + pagedown

Formatting cells

ActionMacPC
Bold⌘ + b
ctrl + b		 ctrl + b
Italics⌘ + i
ctrl + i		ctrl + i
Underline⌘ + u
ctrl + u		ctrl + u
Strikethrough⌘ + shift + xctrl + shift + x
Increase decimalctrl + shift + ,
Decrease decimalctrl + shift + .

Alt mode shortcuts

Equals supports the full set of Excel alt mode shortcuts. On a Mac, use option to enter alt mode. On a PC, use shift-alt to enter alt mode.

Once you enter alt mode you will see the toolbar light up. You can then follow the hints to systematically trigger any action in the spreadsheet.

For example, press H to access any of the associated actions in the blue area above. From here, hitting 1 will toggle bold on the selected cell.

Updated 13 days ago