Share ThisHow to Access Common Editing Commands in Excel 2007
Part of the Excel 2007 All-in-One For Dummies Cheat Sheet
Sometimes you want to make changes to the information you put into your Excel 2007 worksheets and workbooks (called spreadsheets in the world outside Excel). When that’s the case, you can use the handy hot keys built into Excel 2007 or access the command via the Excel Ribbon tabs new in Excel 2007. To get cutting, pasting, and more, use the information in the following table:
| Hot Keys | Excel Ribbon Command | Function |
|---|---|---|
| Alt+H,V,P Ctrl+V |
Home | Paste | Paste | Pastes the currently cut or copied cell selection or graphic objects in the worksheet |
| Alt+H,X Ctrl+X |
Home | Cut | Cuts the cell selection or selected graphic objects out of the workbook and places them on the Windows Clipboard |
| Alt+H,C Ctrl+C |
Home | Copy | Copies the cell selection or selected graphic objects to the Windows Clipboard |
| Alt+H,F,P | Home | Format Painter | Activates the Format Painter |
| Alt+H,F,O | Home | Clipboard Dialog Box Launcher | Displays and hides the Clipboard task pane |
| Alt+H,I,I | Home | Insert | Insert Cells | Opens Insert dialog box so you can indicate the direction in which to shift existing cells to make room for the ones being inserted |
| Alt+H,I,R | Home | Insert | Insert Sheet Rows | Inserts blank rows equal to the number of rows in the cell selection |
| Alt+H,I,C | Home | Insert | Insert Sheet Columns | Inserts blank columns equal to the number of columns in the cell selection |
| Alt+H,I,S Shift+F11 |
Home | Insert | Insert Sheet | Inserts a new worksheet in the workbook |
| Alt+H,D,D | Home | Delete | Delete Cells | Opens Delete dialog box so you can indicate the direction in which to shift existing cells to replace the ones being deleted |
| Alt+H,D,R | Home | Delete | Sheet Rows | Deletes rows equal to the number of rows in the cell selection |
| Alt+H,D,C | Home | Delete | Sheet Columns | Deletes columns equal to the number of columns in the cell selection |
| Alt+H,D,S | Home | Delete | Sheet | Deletes the current worksheet after warning you of data loss if the sheet contains cell entries |
| Alt+H,E,A | Home | Clear | Clear All | Clears the contents, formatting, and comments from the cell selection |
| Alt+H,E,F | Home | Clear | Clear Formats | Clears the formatting of the cell selection without removing the contents and comments |
| Alt+H,E,C | Home | Clear | Clear Contents | Clears the contents of the cell selection without removing the formatting and comments |
| Alt+H,E,M | Home | Clear | Clear Comments | Clears all comments in the cell selection without removing the formatting and contents |
