Hot Keys

Action

Alt + F4

Close the active item, or exit the active app

Ctrl + A

Selects all rows on the grid

Ctrl + C

Copy the selected item or text

Ctrl + D

Copies cell contents down (Highlight target rows first)

Ctrl + Delete

Delete the selected item

Ctrl + End

Moves the cursor to the bottom right cell of a grid

Ctrl + F

Find (in a grid)

Ctrl + F4

Close the active document (in apps that are full-screen and let you have multiple documents open at the same time)

Ctrl + H

Replace (in a grid)

Ctrl + Home

Moves the cursor to the top left cell of a grid

Ctrl + mouse-click

Allows selection of multiple non-contiguous items in a window, dialog, or grid

Ctrl + Num -

Delete (in a grid)

Ctrl + Num +

Insert (in a grid)

Ctrl + R

Copies cell contents to the right (Highlight target columns first)

Ctrl + spacebar

Select multiple cells in a grid

Ctrl + Shift + Right Arrow 

Selects more than one cell to the right.

Ctrl + Shift + Left Arrow 

Selects more than one cell to the left.

Ctrl + V

Paste the selected item or text

Ctrl + X

Cut (delete) the selected item or text

Ctrl + Y

Redo

Ctrl + Z

Undo an action

Down Arrow

Move the cursor down in a grid

Esc

Stops or leaves the current task (For example, to cancel a Save prompt)

F1

Open context sensitive Help (online and offline)

F2

Rename the selected text (in a cell)

Left Arrow

Move the cursor to the left in a grid

Right Arrow

Move the cursor to the right in a grid

Shift + any Arrow key

Selects multiple cells

Shift + Delete

Delete the selected item

Shift + mouse-click

Allows selection of multiple contiguous items in a window, dialog, or grid

Up Arrow

Move the cursor up in a grid