
Instead of going through the regular toolbar, navigate to the first row with the field names in your list and hit shift+command+f. You have a list of data and you need to create a filter. Why is it so hard to delete stuff in Excel for the Mac? Press fn+delete and you’ll actually delete everything in your selection and the delete button actually works like it’s intended to work. 3) Delete Everything in Selected Cells – FN+DELETE
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The reason why this is the best Mac Excel shortcut is because it doesn’t even exist on the PC! Quickly increase and decrease the font size without going through the Format Cells menu or clicking on the pesky font size drop-down in the toolbar. This handy shortcut let’s you create the sum automatically without having to type in the formula! Just go to the empty cell below a bunch of numbers you want to sum and hit shift+command+t and Excel automatically knows which cells you want to sum! 2) Increase/Decrease Font Size – SHIFT+COMMAND+.
We’ve all had to type =SUM(blah blah blah) before to sum a bunch of numbers. Here are the Top 5: 1) Autosum a Bunch of Numbers – SHIFT+COMMAND+T That’s right…I said it…Excel for the Mac is better than the PC!

While our keyboard covers show the 20 most commonly used shortcuts, there are definitely a few gems that really make using Excel on the Mac that much better than the PC.

Many of you are transitioning to Excel for the Mac, and have asked us what our favorite Excel Mac shortcuts are.
