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4 Aspects Deleting: How To Use Keyboard Shortcut Ctrl+-(Minus) For Deleting Cell, Row, Column | ExcelTip2Day

Hello there!

I'm Michael Leng. Today, in my blog "Exceltip2day", I'm going to talk about:

How to use "Ctrl" + "-"(Minus)

Tip Quiz

How to delete all the objects in an Excel worksheet? (Check answer at the end of this post)

In my article today, I'm going to show you how to use the shortcut key and its 4 deleted options for Excel users to select according to his/her aspects.

All the 4 options are as following;


Delete "Shift cell left"

Delete "Shift cell up"

Delete "Entire row"

Delete "Entire column"


Notify:

Please use it with care, it may cause your related data, such as formulas, table,  border...

In case of wanting to resume your last action, you can redo (Ctrl + Y) and undo (Ctrl + Z) to fix it.

My article consists of 4 parts.

👉 1st part: 

In the first part, you will see the "Tip Quiz" box questioning the benefits of an Excel tip. Of course, I guess you have seen it already as it is in the prior paragraph above.

👉 2nd part: 

On the second part, now I will show you the shortcut excel keys to use for deleting cells, columns, and rows in 4 different purposes.

Windows shortcut 



Ctrl -


👉 3rd part:


Refer to the shortcut from the 2nd part, here I'll describe and also show you all 4 purposes of deleting works.

Figure number 1. This is the scenario figure that I have prepared for you to be understood more easily.

It contains the 10 rows and 5 columns. In the mid, cell d5:d7, is the mark for future proceeding the "Ctrl" + "-".


Figure no. 1

Let' have a look the figure no.2 below, once I have pressed the "Ctrl" + "-" buttons, the square box " Delete?" will instantly show as you can see it in the image.

Then, I have selected the choice "Shift cells left"


Figure no. 2

Figure no. 3 shows us the result after I clicked on the "OK" button. The 3 cells from left columns move to replace the previous cells d3:d7.



Figure no. 3

Let's move to figure no. 4. In this image, I have selected the round checkbox "Shift cells up".


Figure no. 4

Figure no. 5. You can see the result after I deleted by "Shif cells up". The figure explains it very well, right?


Figure no. 5

Figure no. 6 below shows us how to delete by the "Entire row".


Figure no. 6

What's the figure no. 7 tell us. Good job! The row no. 4-6 have gone.


Figure no. 7

This is the last deleting aspects. It's the "Entire column" delete.


Figure no. 8

Hooyah, the entire column no. 3 has been disappeared. And the meantime, all the columns from the left moved and replaced respectively.


Figure no. 9


👉 4th part:


The tip answer, this is for you to find your best choice. Also, you can check both its answer and data source.


Tip Answer

 a. Use the shortcut key " ALT" + "Select Object".

 b. Use the shortcut key "Ctrl" + "Select Object".

 c. Use the shortcut key " Shift" + "Select Object".

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Now, that's the end of my presentation.

Thanks for reading.

Bye,

Posted by: Michael Leng



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