{"id":20665,"date":"2019-06-12T19:12:43","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T00:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingintowallstreet.com\/biws\/?post_type=biws_kb&#038;p=20665"},"modified":"2024-08-14T06:38:24","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T11:38:24","slug":"investment-banking-excel-shortcuts","status":"publish","type":"biws_kb","link":"https:\/\/breakingintowallstreet.com\/kb\/excel\/investment-banking-excel-shortcuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Excel Shortcuts Investment Banking: Quick Tips (10:10)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_81 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Excel Shortcuts Investment Banking: Quick Tips<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingintowallstreet.com\/kb\/excel\/investment-banking-excel-shortcuts\/#Shortcuts_Introduced\">Shortcuts Introduced:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingintowallstreet.com\/kb\/excel\/investment-banking-excel-shortcuts\/#Lesson_Outline\">Lesson Outline:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<style>.enteremail__large--inline{margin:60px auto!important}<\/style>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Shortcuts_Introduced\"><\/span>Shortcuts Introduced:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>These are all BUILT-IN shortcuts:<\/p>\n<p>Alt, T, O: Options Menu<br \/>\nAlt, H, FC: Font Color<br \/>\nAlt, H, FS: Font Size<br \/>\nAlt, H, H: Fill Color<br \/>\nAlt, H, A, C: Center<br \/>\nAlt, H, B: Borders<br \/>\nAlt, H, O, I: AutoFit Column Width<br \/>\nAlt, H, O, W: Column Width<br \/>\nAlt, H, 0: Increase Decimal Places<br \/>\nAlt, H, 9: Decrease Decimal Places<\/p>\n<p>These are the NEW shortcuts you can create via the Quick Access Toolbar:<\/p>\n<p>Alt, 1: Font Color<br \/>\nAlt, 2: Font Size<br \/>\nAlt, 3: Fill Color<br \/>\nAlt, 4: Center<br \/>\nAlt, 5: Borders<br \/>\nAlt, 6: AutoFit Column Width<br \/>\nAlt, 7: Column Width<br \/>\nAlt, 8: Increase Decimal Places<br \/>\nAlt, 9: Decrease Decimal Places<\/p>\n<div class='code-block code-block-4' style='margin: 8px 0; clear: both;'>\n<div class=\"kb-adinsert-modal\">\n    <div class=\"kb-adinsert-top\">\n      <div class=\"media\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28448\" src=\"https:\/\/biwsuploads-assest.s3.amazonaws.com\/biws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/07054849\/Excel-VBA-Ico.png\" alt=\"Excel & VBA\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"content\">\n          <h3>Learn Excel Shortcuts, Formulas, Graphs, Data, and VBA for Automation<\/h3>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"full_text\">\n    \t<ul>\n        \t<li>\n            \t<h4>Become a shortcut, formula & formatting machine<\/h4>\n              <p>Excel will be your \u201cnative language\u201d after you finish this course<\/p>\n\t\t\t    <\/li>\n          <li>\n          \t<h4>Learn the skills with dozens of practice exercises<\/h4>\n            <p>Learn by doing and check your work against the solutions<\/p>\n\t\t\t    <\/li>\n          <li>\n          \t<h4>Shave hours off your workday with VBA and macros<\/h4>\n            <p>Automate repetitive tasks, format spreadsheets quickly, and more\n\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t  <\/li>\n      <\/ul>\n        \n      <a class=\"cta-link orange-button-medium\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingintowallstreet.com\/excel-vba\/\" target=\"_blank\">Full Details<\/a>\n      \n      <a class=\"cta-link orange-button-medium bg-blue\" href=\"https:\/\/biws-support.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/Course-Outlines\/Excel-VBA-Course-Outline.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Short Outline<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lesson_Outline\"><\/span>Lesson Outline:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Many Excel shortcuts that you use repeatedly when creating valuations, models and when formatting data are cumbersome to enter.<\/p>\n<p>Something as simple as changing the font color takes 4 keystrokes \u2013 Alt, H, F, C \u2013 if you use the built-in method for it.<\/p>\n<p>Other common commands such as alignment, fill colors, borders, and column widths also take 3-4 keystrokes.<\/p>\n<p>A more efficient alternative is to set up the Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) so that you can access the most common commands with shortcuts like Alt, 1 instead.<\/p>\n<p>You can either import our file (see the link below under RESOURCES) or go to the Options menu (Alt, T, O) and then the Quick Access Toolbar tab, and create the menu yourself.<\/p>\n<p>We recommend setting \u201cFont Color\u201d in position #1, followed by Font Size, Fill Color, Center, Borders, AutoFit Column Width, Column Width, and Increase and Decrease Decimal places.<\/p>\n<p>These are some of the most frequently used commands in Excel, and you\u2019ll save a ton of time with the new, shorter versions.<\/p>\n<p>A command like AutoFit Column Width that used to take 4 keystrokes now takes only 2 (Alt, 6) with this approach.<\/p>\n<p>You might realize 30-40% time savings when working in Excel if you use this full set of shortcuts. 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