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Excel Keyboard Shortcuts for Formatting Text

Shortcut Action
Space Bar Space
Alt ; (semicolon) Select Visible Cells
Alt O Format Menu
Shift Up Arrow Select Up
Ctrl 1 (!) Cell Format
Ctrl 2 (@) Toggle Bold
Ctrl 3 (#) Toggle Italics
Ctrl 4 ($) Toggle Underline
Ctrl 5 (%) Toggle Strikethrough
Ctrl I Italics
Ctrl Space Bar Select Column
Ctrl U Underline
Ctrl + Shift - No Border
Ctrl + Shift ' (apostrophe) Copy Cell Value Above
Ctrl + Shift ` (~) General Format
Ctrl + Shift 1 (!) Number Format
Ctrl + Shift 3 (#) Date Format
Ctrl + Shift 4 ($) Currency Format
Ctrl + Shift 5 (%) Percent Format
Ctrl + Shift 7 (&) Apply Border
Ctrl + Shift F Font Name
Ctrl + Shift P Font Size