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Shortcuts

The keys worth learning in the apps you use all day, app by app and task by task, for anyone tired of the round trip to the mouse.

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    Shortcuts

    Excel keyboard shortcuts for Mac and Windows, by task

    The Excel shortcuts worth learning, grouped by job, with Mac and Windows keys side by side, why the Mac keys differ, and how to reach any command from the keys.

    By 10 min read

  2. Shortcuts

    Text-editing shortcuts that work in almost every app

    The keys that move, select and delete text by the word, the line and the paragraph, Mac and Windows side by side, plus a ten-minute drill that makes them stick.

    By 7 min read

Every app has a few keys that replace a trip to the mouse and many that never earn the effort. This section is about the few, in office, design and code apps. Shortcut Sheets puts the twenty to learn first in each app on one printable page.

Start with the text-editing shortcuts that work in almost every app: the keys that move, select and delete by the word and the line carry over to everything else. If a spreadsheet fills your day, go on to the Excel keyboard shortcuts for Mac and Windows, by task.

Inside Excel and Google Sheets shortcuts, Word and Google Docs shortcuts, Gmail and Outlook shortcuts, Browser and tab shortcuts, Figma and design-app shortcuts, Photoshop and Lightroom shortcuts, VS Code and code-editor shortcuts, Slack, Teams and Zoom shortcuts, Notion and note-app shortcuts, Text-editing shortcuts that work everywhere, Custom shortcuts and remapping, Learning shortcuts so they stick

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