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documentation of builtin and userdefined toolbar menus and icons: (nothing in Help)
(#toolbar)
z CBList (Command Bar List), addin by John Green, faceidsList of menu items,
tool bar buttons, faceids, used in a workbook can be documented by the CBlist
addin. Shows the icons used with the menu items and toolbar items, does not
show the macroname or the macro's location.
z The barhopper macro documents toolbars containing "Tool" as part of the name
and which are not builtin menus. Listing shows menu title, the macro invoked,
and the macros location. (code: barhopper_ws) Can be used to help restore use of
your own menus into use of Excel 2007 .
z Information on Toolbars can be found in Toolbars, Custom Buttons and Menus
Rather than just telling you to create a Shortcut keys sheet in an Excel file I decided to
show you what mine looks like. Since converting it to HTML, I find this HTML file so
much easier and faster to use than the original Excel version.
The logical arrangement of the keyboard shortcut keys is exactly as from the Excel
HELP file. You can use FIND (Ctrl+F) within a HELP page, but not on all of the
shortcut keys pages at once. So having them all on one web page has a huge advantage.
Shortcuts are entirely optional. A shortcut key can be assigned to a macro using: Tools
--> Macro --> (select a macro) --> Options. Excel will Warn you if you attempt to
utilize a short cut key already in use -- it will change the form of assignment for
instance. You will have to remember them or write them down somewhere. I highly
recommend creating a sheet for your MS Excel installed shortcut keys so that you can
use FIND to find a shortcut yourself. You could even add your own at the bottom.
Also recommend creating another sheet for function keys. You can get a list of your
own shortcut keys assigned to macros with an addin by Ivan F Moala.
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z HELP --> Index --> Shortcut keys --> built-in keyboard shortcuts
z copy and paste each category into a ShortCutKeys spreadsheet
z Put topics in Red 12 point bold font, the rest Black 10 point Normal (all Arial)
Alternatives to shortcut keys: Toolbar menu item, more information on menus and
shortcuts on my Toolbars and Menus page. Assign a shortcut to a Shape, or use an
Event Macro. An interesting pair of Event macros (sheet activate and double-click) to
sort a worksheet can be found on my sorting page under activate.
I have assigned a short-cut key [Ctrl+k] or a tool bar menu item [* XL2HTML - simple
conversion*] to some of the macros I wrote or use.
Function keys
Function SHIFT+Fn [Shift+F1, shift+F2, Shift+F3,
Shift+F4, Shift+F5, Shift+F6, Shift+F7, Shift+F8,
keys Shift+F9, Shift+F10, Shift+F11, Shift+F12]
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Menus: At least some of the following keyboard shortcuts found in the menus (#menus)
do not appear in HELP. Find [Ctrl+F], Replace [Ctrl+H], GoTo [Ctrl+G] are not found in HELP.
With the replacement of menus in Excel 2007 by the ribbon and the removal of actual HELP files
which are online in Excel 2007 and are poorly indexed (no match for a Google search on the same
database), it becomes almost imperative to learn a lot more keyboard shortcuts than ever before.
In this group you should be using all of them, and before Excel 2007, I had not bothered
remembering the one for format -- but that is all changed.
Edit Menu:
Undo [Ctrl+Z], Repeat [Ctrl+Y],
Cut [Ctrl+X], Copy [Ctrl+C], Paste [Ctrl+V]
Fill Down [Ctrl+D], Fill Right [Ctrl+R]
Format Menu:
Format Cells [Ctrl+1]
Tools Menu:
Spelling... [Ctrl+F7]
Macro:
Macros [Alt+F8]
Visual Basic Editor (VBE) [Alt+F11]
Microsoft Script Editor [Alt+Shift+F11]
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Help Menu:
Help [F1]
What's This [Shift+F1] -- also known as Context Sensitive Help [not available in Excel 2007]
Note these shortcuts are with transition navigation keys option turned off. If you have a problem
with any of these shortcuts -- tools, options, transition, make sure transition navigation keys is off --
also make sure that you do not have Scroll Lock on (there is an indicator light and you can have
sound warning with ToggleKeys /* required outside generated table*/.
Keystrokes to
XL2000 Keyboard Shortcuts
invoke
Location: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/shortx2k.htm
Use FIND to locate a shortcut Use FIND to locate a shortcut
If you create your own table in Excel from the Help files it will contain shortcuts to the HELP
files, and give you some experience in copying data. This table was created by copying from
the HELP file. Segments have been swapped left and right to make this more readable using
move Column C by dragging the side of selected cells to Column A then using Edit, Shift
cells to right. This table is similar to the one in SHORTX95.HTM where you will find additional
information on Calculation and on working with disabilities (accessibility options).
(shortx2k -- Created from webpages.xls [ShortX2K] file 2000-06-25)
Keys for working in a spreadsheet
s1 Keys for moving and scrolling in a worksheet or workbook
s2 Keys for previewing and printing a document
s3 Keys for working with worksheets, charts, and macros
Keys for working with data
1 Keys for entering data
2 Keys for formatting data
3 Keys for editing data
4 Keys for selecting data and cells
5 Keys for selecting charts and chart items
6 Keys to use with databases and lists
7 Keys for outlining data
8 Keys to use with PivotTable and PivotChart reports
x9 Keys to use with the OLAP Cube Wizard
Keys for working in Microsoft Office
10 Keys for menus and toolbars
11 Keys for windows, dialog boxes, and edit boxes
12 Keys for the Office Assistant
13 Keys for working with the Open and Save As dialog boxes
14 Keys for sending e-mail messages
15 Keys for working with drawing objects, AutoShapes, WordArt, and other objects
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Tip When you use scrolling keys (such as PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN) with SCROLL
LOCK turned off, your selection moves the distance you scroll. If you want to preserve your
selection while you scroll through the worksheet, turn on SCROLL LOCK first.
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Return to top
Tip When you use the scrolling keys (such as PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN) with SCROLL
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LOCK turned off, your selection moves the distance you scroll. If you want to keep the same
selection as you scroll, turn on SCROLL LOCK first.
Return to top
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Note To scroll to the top or bottom of the field list, press ENTER on the More Fields or
button
Return to top
Keys for working in Microsoft Office
10 Keys for menus and toolbars
Note To enlarge the Help window to fill the screen,
press ALT+SPACEBAR and then press X. To restore the
ALT+SPACEBAR then X
window to its previous size and location, press
ALT+SPACEBAR then R
ALT+SPACEBAR and then press R. To print this topic,
press ALT+O and then press P.
Make the menu bar active, or close a visible menu and
F10 or ALT
submenu at the same time
TAB or SHIFT+TAB (when a
Select the next or previous button or menu on the toolbar
toolbar is active)
CTRL+TAB or
Select the next or previous toolbar CTRL+SHIFT+TAB (when a
toolbar is active)
Open the selected menu, or perform the action assigned
ENTER
to the selected button
Show a shortcut menu SHIFT+F10
ALT+SPACEBAR then X
Show the program icon menu (on the program title bar)
ALT+SPACEBAR then R
DOWN ARROW or UP ARROW
Select the next or previous command on the menu or
(with the menu or submenu
submenu
displayed)
Select the menu to the left or right or, with a submenu LEFT ARROW or RIGHT
visible, switch between the main menu and the submenu ARROW
Select the first or last command on the menu or submenu HOME or END
Close the visible menu or, with a submenu visible, close
ESC
the submenu only
Display the full set of commands on a menu CTRL+DOWN ARROW
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Tip You can select any menu command on the menu bar or on a visible toolbar with the
keyboard. To select the menu bar, press ALT. (Then to select a toolbar, press CTRL+TAB
repeatedly until you select the toolbar you want.) Press the underlined letter in the menu
name that contains the command you want. In the menu that appears, press the underlined
letter in the command name that you want.
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13 Keys for working with the Open and Save As dialog boxes
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Folder button )
Switch between List, Details, Properties, and Preview
ALT+6
views
Show the Tools menu (Tools button) ALT+7
15 Keys for working with drawing objects, AutoShapes, WordArt, and other objects
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Select the options you want. For help on an option, select the option, and then press
SHIFT+F1.
This webpage was created via XL2HTML macro available at 02/27/2001 10:56 via
HL2HTML
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/xl2htmlx.txt
Will handle Right Justified, Font Color, bold, italic, Font size, merged cells -- tested only in
XL2000. Think vertically merged was added in XL2000.
Will handle hyperlink when it is the only value in a cell.
Will not handle: Interior color, hyperlinks when not only value in a cell
Shortcuts NOT documented in Excel 2000 (see menus) Find [Ctrl+F], Replace [Ctrl+H],
GoTo [Ctrl+G] are not found in HELP
Find Ctrl+F
Replace Ctrl+H
The following include keys not found in Excel 2000 Help but are available: Ctrl+{2,3,4,6,7,8}
A table by Key and auxiliary key(s), Chip Pearson, Excel Keyboard Shortcuts (163KB / 2 pages,
produced via Front Page)
A table by key and auxiliary keys(s) (72 KB / 8 pages), Russel Proctor - Better Solutions, Microsoft
Excel > Shortcut Keys,
A single page reference by category, Debra Dalgleish, Microsoft Excel Keyboard Shortcuts (1.3KB /
1 page)
Just as a point of reference the page you are looking at is 128 KB produced manually with help from
XL2HTML, size as determined by the Lori Firefox extension and though not intended to be printed
would be 33 pages (2006-03-18). (see Right-Click menus in Internet Explorer manual composition,
and XL2HTML for tables). (formerly IE Booster was last used here to find space 2003-09-18, but
IEB is no longer free, you may find additional alternatives in bookmarklets)
Excel Cheat Sheet (PDF), Deb Sklar (PDF, 23 KB, print 2 pages). Technology Traning Resources,
University of Washington, Tacoma
You can key in the Euro with Alt+0128 (on the numeric keypad). Outside of the US there are other
choices involving the AltGr key. Euro Currency Symbol, FAQ 12
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Excel 2002 includes keyboard shortcuts to access the border styles buttons on the
Border tab of the Format Cells dialog box. (Q277581) Use the following keyboard
commands to select the specified border styles:
Q288981 XL2002: How to Use Speech Recognition to Select Cells, Rows, and Columns
Restore normal Ctrl+A before risking your data. Ctrl+A has always meant one thing
(Select everything) in all PC applications that have any selection or editing ability.
Excel 2003 has deviated from this standard. The following macro uses
application.RecordMacro to generate the code that you would not otherwise see within a
recorded macro when a macro was invoked (ability was lost in recording a macro in
versions after Excel 95). ; Of course if you have macros disabled then even this macro is
not going to help you with Excel 2003. Though not shown in the shortcuts for this
Ctrl+Shift+SpaceBar will also NOT select all cells like Ctrl+A in Excel 2003, though
it still at least does not change the active cell – if it is a cell(s) selection that you start
with.
Sub Ctrl_A()
'Excel 2003 Ctrl+A is FUBAR·ed in Excel 2003
' use this shortcut to cut your loses, (D.McR 2004-06-16)
' BEFORE you destroy your data integrity.
'Ctrl+A is fixed on this machine if assigned to Ctrl+A
'You must preserve the active cell or use of Ctrl+A
' for normal use such a preselecting a cell before Ctrl+A, then sort
Dim acell As Range
Set acell = ActiveCell
Cells.select
Application.RecordMacro "'Comment from Ctrl_A in " _
& ThisWorkbook.Name
Application.RecordMacro "Cells.Select ' Ctrl_A"
acell.Activate
Application.RecordMacro "Range(""" & acell.Address(0, 0) _
& """).activate ' Ctrl_A"
Beep 'if you want to indicate restored usage
End Sub
When recording a macro, these lines will be inserted in the recorded macro:
Excel 2003 has eliminated all or most of the context menu (Shift+F1). You can no
longer use Help, What's this (Shift+F1) to:
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z Can't -- Point to more buttons such as on formatting toolbar and get more
information for each item.
z Can't -- Point to a any other part of the spreadsheet for more information, i.e. Title
bar, minimize/restore/maximize/close buttons, font box, name box, formula bar,
column heading, row heading, worksheet area, sheet navigation arrows, sheet
tabs, status bar, window sizing border, scroll bar
Also see Excel 2003 Review, by John Walkenbach and he didn't even go into what's
broke to not recommend it. Actually he did touch on the Help system without actually
saying that a lot of it didn't work anymore.
Excel 2007 (Ctrl+A gets worse)
If the worksheet contains data, CTRL+A selects the current region (Ctrl+*).
Pressing CTRL+A a second time selects the current region and its summary rows.
Pressing CTRL+A a third time selects the entire worksheet.
The only valid bypass (non solution) is to make sure that you invoke Ctrl+A at least
three times as there is no problem with hitting this shortcut more than three times.
Failure to change the way you invoke Ctrl+A will result in the ultimate destruction of
a worksheet in a worksheet when you fail to change your habit(probably a very large
worksheet) after sorting data, unless you can reverse (UNDO) the changes or exit
without saving. There is no visual indication that you have selected the entire
worksheet, nor is it likely that you would always for such an indication if there were.
You can click on the "Select All" button between the row headers and the column
headers, but it will change the selected cell as well. Ctrl+A (times 3) does not change
the selected cell which is an important distinction.
See Excel 2007 Ergonomic Hell, A not so smooth conversion to Excel 2007 from
previous versions.
For those of you stuck with Excel 2007, your best bet is to learn as many keyword
shortcuts as you can and to make heavy use of the Context menus, which have been
slightly improved but will problably see the same "improvements" as you've seen with
ribbons destroying functional main menus.
Would not really suggest changing your basic keys, and keyboard shortcuts,
but here is how you can change the HOME key not use of braces in the
following (not parens).
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Sub botchup_home()
Application.OnKey "{HOME}", "Alternative_Home"
end sub
sub unbotch_home()
application.onkey "{HOME}", ""
end sub
Sub alternative_Home()
range("F14").activate
end sub
z Here is a clever use of onkey to intercept a single key stroke into a cell;
otherwise, if not a specific key it acts normal. If you need to begin cell content
with a lowercase “e” you can use the formula bar. (Jason Zischke, 2006-02-23,
programming)
The above are event macros installed with the sheet, the sample macro1 is
installed in a standard module in the same workbook.
Sub Macro1()
msgbox "Hi David, you pressed 'e'"
end Sub
For more information on Onkey and codes used see Onkey Method and Onkey
Method Example in your VBA Help.
Listed above were all of the shortcut keys for Excel. You can also make your own short
cut keys.
You will get a warning if you attempt to change an existing shortcut. But there could be
shortcuts in other non open workbooks.
Actually I invoke most of my own macros from menus or toolbar buttons. Also see
summary of how to invoke macros).
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z Name Box Shortcut, Chip Pearson, macro shortcut to the Name Box on the formula bar.
(suggests CTRL+SHIFT+N as a shortcut). F5 is GoTo and allows you to select a cell or range
the same as using the name box.
z Creating a Center Across Selection Button, to simulate the Excel 95 center Across
button that does not merge cells. This is code create or obtain your own button.
Windows such as the Excel Window, and the workbook Window(s) within Excel can be
moved around by Right clicking and dragging the window. Sometimes the window gets
moved so that the blue title bar is hardly visible or can't be dragged from top or upper
corners. To solve that
Alt+Spacebar for Excel Window, or
Alt+minus for Workbook Window (with NumLock key OFF)
look at the menu, choose Move, then move the window around with arrow keys.
For more information refer to Excel Window, Workbook Window, Worksheet Window,
Moving a Window
The Winkey works even if Explorer or the Shell doesn't have the focus.
Key Description
Winkey or Ctrl +
Opens the Start Menu
Esc
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The following is based on a Rob Bovey (7 Jan 1999) reply post on the difference between F9,
CTRL+ALT+F9, and VBA 'Calculate'. Note: Function key 9 items have been changed to match
XL95 HELP.
Application.Calculate
calculates all open workbooks.
Range.Calculate calculates the specified range
F9 Calculates all sheets in all open workbooks.
Ctrl+F9 (Minimize the worksheet)
Shift+F9 Calculate the active worksheet.
Recalculates all cells on all worksheets in all open
Ctrl+Alt+F9
workbooks.
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F9 For Excel 2002 will rebuild all dependency trees.
The common thread running through all but Ctrl+Alt+F9 of the above is that the
recalculation occurs *only* on the cells that the Excel calculation engine thinks are
dirty.
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Since the calculation engine occasionally gets this wrong, we also have
Ctrl+Alt+F9 which forces a recalculation of *everything* in all open workbooks
whether or not Excel *thinks* recalculations are needed.
Status Bar may continue to show "Calculate", try the Ctrl+Alt+F9, make sure tools,
options is on automatic calculation, you can try clearing the status bar (
Application.StatusBar = "" ) to see if problem goes away and it may be stuck because of
code which has to be recalcualted having to do with volatile coding. Also check for MS
KB articles on the statusbar link.
Volatile functions are one way to force a recalculation. Generally it will help to avoid
volatile functions, but it is available if needed. For instance a change to a format of a
cell is not detected and will not cause a recalculation in a user defined function that
simply references the correct cell. The builtin Volatile functions are not as bad: CELL
(), INDIRECT(), INFO(), OFFSET(), NOW(), RAND(), TODAY() as those in a user
defined function.
A B C D E
It would take Ctrl+Alt+F9 to update cell A3 (or reopenig
1 222 GetFormula
workbook, or rentry of formula)
2 222 =$A$1
'-- recalcated for
'--not automatically Function volt3()
=volt1 referencec
3 222 recalculated Application.Volatile
($A$1) Function volt1
Function volt2() True
(cell As Range)
volt2 = Range volt3 = Range
4 111 =volt2() volt1 =
("a1").Value ("a1").Value
cell.Value
5 222 =volt3() End Function End Function
End Function
Information from Excel Help: HELP --> ans. wiz. --> calculate
Note Recalculation of all formulas may take considerable time. To recalculate only the
current worksheet, press SHIFT+F9
Warning: This is one way to learn that the A1 or other cell reference in the formula
=CELL("filename",A1) really is needed. Without the cell reference, recalculate will
cause the active worksheet to appear instead of the name of the worksheet where the
formula resides. Another problem with displaying the active sheet instead of the sheet
with the formula would be using
SheetName = ActiveSheet.Name instead of
SheetName = Application.Caller.Parent.Name
Reference to article posted by John Green.
If you have XL97 and do not have SR-2, checkout XL97 recalculation problem in the
MS KB.
The following is from a posting by Tom Ogilvy (Jun 1, 1999) for code to simulate
Ctrl+Alt+F9
— For more information see SendKeys Statement in your VBE HELP. —
Sub tester3()
Application.SendKeys "^%{F9}"
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End Sub
Back when the recalc problem was so prevalent, some people mapped this
to the F9 key use
Application.onkey "{F9}","xlmisc68.xls!Tester3"
John Walkenbach then reported that in XL2000 the Ctrl+Alt+F9 gets recorded as:
Application.CalculateFull
In Excel 2000:
Application.calculate ' f9
application.calculatefull ' ctrl-alt-f9
in Excel 97
application.calculate ' f9
SendKeys "%^{F9}", True ' ctrl-alt-f9
For more information on Sendkeys see this MSDN article, "Sendkeys Method" — ^
for Ctrl, % for Alt, + for Shift, {F8} for F8
I had trouble with Recalculation being turned off that I put code into Auto_Open to fix
it. Turned out that it was an Addin that I wasn't even using that was causing this.
Sub auto_open()
If Application.Calculation <> -4105 Then
'-4105 automatic, -4135 manual, 2 semi-automatic
MsgBox Application.Calculation & " <calculation in> " & _
ActiveWorkbook.FullName
Application.Calculation = xlAutomatic
MsgBox Application.Calculation
End IF
End Sub
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No key to left of 1-2-3 to toggle Formula view (Ctrl+`), solution use a macro and assign
shortcut key -- or use Tools, Options, View Tab, Format (Alt+[T,O], view tab, Alt+R)
Sub Toggle_DisplayFormulas()
ActiveWindow.DisplayFormulas = Int(ActiveWindow.DisplayFormulas + 1)
End Sub
Chip Pearson uses a Right-Click menu to copy the formula of a single cell and to paste
the formula unchanged to another cell. Requires coding in your Auto_Open macro.
http://google.com/groups?threadm=uNR1fmHt%24GA.287%40cppssbbsa05
title bar, menu bar, column headers, row headers, worksheet, worksheet tabs, scroll
bars, status bar, navigation arrows,
The fill-handle is one of the most powerful tools in Excel, and normally
alleviates the need to type in formulas similar to the previous lines. Used
to replicate content (values, formulas, formatting, color), copy cells, fill in
a series (Mon, Tue, ...; 1, 2, 3, ...).
On the worksheet you can, select the row(s) to be moved then Hold the SHIFT key and
grab the upper or lower boundary with the left mouse key and drag to between the rows
you want to move it to. Similar for columns instead. (for more information see mouse
topic on my Fill Handle page.)
I guess this is not considered a shortcut, and theses tips are not easily shown in the
above table. You will find it in Excel HELP (F1) --> index --> move --> move or copy
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cells
Hold shift key down and click on sheet navigation arrows and you go to next set of
worksheet tabs not currently visible.
B C
Excel 2000 Shortcut keys in --
18
http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2000/O2kkeys.aspx
19 Activity Shortcut Keys
Alternate between displaying cell values and CTRL+` (single left quotation
20
displaying cell formulas mark)
21 Calculate all sheets in all open workbooks F9
22 Calculate the active worksheet SHIFT+F9
23 Copy CTRL+C
24 Create a chart that uses the current range F11 or ALT+F1
25 Display the Format Cells dialog box CTRL+1
26 Display the Go To dialog box F5
27 Fill the selected cell range with the current entry CTRL+ENTER
28 Insert the current time CTRL+:
29 Insert today's date CTRL+;
30 Move to the beginning of the worksheet CTRL+HOME
Move to the last cell on the worksheet, which is the
cell at the intersection of the rightmost used column
31 and the bottommost used row (in the lower-right CTRL+END
corner), or the cell opposite the home cell, which is
typically A1
32 Open CTRL+O
33 Paste CTRL+V
34 Paste a function into a formula SHIFT+F3
35 Print CTRL+P
36 Save CTRL+S
Select all (when you are not entering or editing a CTRL+A (unless you have
37
formula) Excel 2003
38 Select the current column CTRL+SPACEBAR
39 Select the current row SHIFT+SPACEBAR
Select all cells leaving active cell still the active cell.
xx (broken by design in Excel 2003 where it works CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR
same as broken Alt+A in Excel 2003)
40 Undo CTRL+Z
When you enter a formula, display the Formula
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Help reference to Office products (including Excel) can be found online, and match the
help files in your products, with the advantages of HTML use of Find and hopefully
Search that should become better than the Answer Wizard in Help.
It can be a bit confusing that MS maintains the same information in various web pages
and is continually changing the names of those web pages, so I will include some of the
multiple places, specifically note some begin with www, some with office, and some
with support.
True to form it has been two weeks, so NONE of the following links work.
http://www.microsoft.com/office/techinfo/productdoc/default.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/support/Office/InProdHlp/contents/Excel/tocxldefault.asp
These are currently (for the rest of this month - Jun 30, 2002) good links:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/techinfo/productdoc/2000/en/excel/
http://www.microsoft.com/office/excel/using/default.asp
http://office.microsoft.com/assistance/offhelp/off2000/excel/
http://office.microsoft.com/assistance/offhelp/off2000/excel/xlmain9/html/xlread9.htm
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http://www.microsoft.com/office/techinfo/productdoc/2002/en/excel/
http://www.microsoft.com/office/excel/using/default.asp
http://office.microsoft.com/assistance/offhelp/offxp/excel/
http://office.microsoft.com/assistance/offhelp/offxp/excel/xlmain10/html/xlstart.htm
Once you get the specific HELP file you want you should notice some buttons from left
to right. TOC only, TOC and topics, Topic only; Specific URL (for bookmarking);
Show all[/hide all] topics.
Since everything on the Microsoft site gets trampled on very frequently you may have
better luck using a search where offered for: Excel 2000 specifications
http://www.microsoft.com/office/techinfo/productdoc/2000/en/excel/xlrefUsingshortcutkeys.ht
[former link]
http://office.microsoft.com/assistance/offhelp/off2000/excel/ -- as seen on 2002-02-10
Excel 2001 Shortcut keys:) Shortcut key information for Macintosh is rather limited
on the web
XL2001: Shortcut Keys Available in Excel 2001 for Mac (Part 1)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/275633/EN-US/ -- as seen on 2006-09-28
Excel 2002 Shortcut keys:
http://office.microsoft.com/assistance/offhelp/offxp/excel/default.asp?
URL=/assistance/offhelp/offxp/excel/xlmain10/html/xlrefUsingshortcutkeys.htm
-- valid 2002-02-10 but script is broken they just can't get web pages to work properly
Excel 2003 Shortcut keys: (not complete) Microsoft Office Assistance: Excel shortcut
and function keys
http://office.microsoft.com/assistance/preview.aspx?
AssetID=HP011116591033&CTT=4&Origin=CH062527951033
http://www.microsoft.com/office/techinfo/productdoc/2002/en/excel/xlrefChartingSpecification
Product Documentation, Get the Help files for Microsoft Office programs— online.
Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access, FrontPage, Publisher, MapPoint.
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Text to Speech
General Resources
z Resource for the Blind, Visually Impaired, Disabled and Interested Parties
z NISS - Special Needs/ Disabilities, by type of disability
z University of Minnesota Accessibility of Information Technology, Frequently
Asked Questions on web access, additional links to other aspects, Resources and
Tools
z Type With One Hand - About One Hand Typing, Keyboarding and Keyboards
z Adaptive Technology Resource Centre - Alternative Keyboards
Presentations involving Excel worksheets -- location bar hard to see in back of room.
z Tools|Options|General Tab -- Change the font size of the standard font also affects
the location bar. Recycle Excel for change to take effect.
Toolbar menus. One way to learn most of the important features in Excel or any other
software is to become familiar with each of the items in the menus. Microsoft Excel 97
Menus provides a description of each menu item.
disable keyboard keys, the most effective way to to disable the "Caps Lock" is to pry it
off and throw it away or misplace it. To disable other keys see posting 2004-12-20 by
Jim Thomlinson. i.e. Application.OnKey "^{c}", ""
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Caps Lock on a laptop: For a laptop you probably don't want to remove a key, but you
want a system wide method of avoiding the problem -- Windows Control Panel,
accessibility, ToggleKeys option will provide sound when invoking/revoking Caps
Lock, Scroll Lock, or NumLock keys. (in Windows Vista, ToggleKeys is set in
Control Panel, Ease of Use, Eases of Access Center, Keyboard).
XL97: How to Disable Shortcut Menus (#kb161440), also see Visual Basic Example to
Disable All Shortcut Menus (#kb131257)
Move a Column or Row techniques can be found on the Fill Handle page under topic:
Use of Mouse and keys to move, and insert rows or columns. Another technique is to
double-click the fill handle to copy the formula or sequence down as far as the column
to the left is filled with adjacent data/formula.
Keyboard Layouts, Keyboard Maps select a country (Canada, Canada, UK, US), turn off
popup stoppers and use the shift key on the layout to see those requiring a Shift key.
Function Key(s) does not work in Excel 2003, check out this entire thread involving
macros, safe mode, addins, trusted publisher.
Specific code for personal function keys and keyboard shortcuts can be found earlier on
this page [onkey, foobar].
How to install/use a macro can be found on my Getting Started with Macros page.
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z Getting Macro Short cut keys , Ivan Moala, lists: macro name, shortcut key,
and Macro Description.
z Shortcuts Found in Excel Menus (& toolbar buttons)
z ASAP Utilities v2.98b [955kb] W9x/NT/2K FREE [screen shots]
ASAP Utilities is a set of over 200 Excel 97/2000 add-ins that will revolutionize
the way you and your users interact with data. Everything from formatting text
and cells to handling sheets and selections is included and the installation is as
simple as pointing the way to the add-in file (.XLA) included in the package
[2001-04-11 GnomeREPORT].
Problem invoking Excel from a desktop shortcut. Solution: Got to tools -> options -
> general -> uncheck "ignore other applications".
Create a shortcut to a specific file to the desktop, start bar, or quick launch, drag the
file with the right mouse button from the directory (in Explorer) to the desktop, and
chose "create shortcut here". Explorer to the desktop.
To use VBA to place a shortcut to a specific file to the desktop, see posting Re: Short
cuts? (Bob Phillips, 2005-03-31, misc). Actually Tom Ogilvy posted links to several
programming methods ( 2000-12-10, programming). Typical of Microsoft the lnks to
the MSKB pages no longer work and the articles are missing as well, but there are still
the links to 3 newsgroup posts.
Create a desktop shortcut to Excel itself, find Excel in Windows Start and drag to the
Desktop (should see the shortcut arrow on the shortcut).
-Or- find "Microsoft Excel" in the Windows Start, Programs then drag with right mouse
button to desktop, then choose "Create Shortcut(s) Here".
z How to Activate CapsLock and NumLock from Code: NumLK, Num Lk, Number
Lock key toggled in code.
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