From the course: Excel 2016: Tips and Tricks
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Add/remove strikethrough and borders with keystroke shortcuts
From the course: Excel 2016: Tips and Tricks
Add/remove strikethrough and borders with keystroke shortcuts
- [Voiceover] There are two quick keystroke shortcuts for using borders and strikethrough. I wanna put a border on just the cells in this worksheet right here, called Profits, on the numbers right here. These are the only cells in this worksheet that are not formulas. I wanna put a border around them. And I can press Ctrl + Shift + 7. Could also be expressed as Ctrl + Shift + &. Now many times when you apply borders, you don't see them right away if the cells are highlighted so I'll click outside the highlighted area and now I can see the border. This is a thin perimeter border, and that's what Ctrl + Shift + 7 does. If I want a border around these down here, I'll highlight them, Ctrl + Shift + 7, once again click outside of it. You certainly have options for other border features, and if these cells should have a thicker border, you can certainly, by way of the Font group on the home tab, click the border drop arrow, choose some other options. How about a thick outside border. Or…
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Use keystroke shortcuts for frequently needed numeric formats6m 29s
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Accentuate data with alignment tools6m 2s
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Add a color background to every 5th row in a range5m 40s
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Use conditional formatting based on comparison criteria5m 13s
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Use conditional formatting to highlight formula cells only2m 54s
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Create custom formats: Dot leaders and more6m 1s
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Use special formats for times over 24 hours4m 9s
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Add/remove strikethrough and borders with keystroke shortcuts3m 34s
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Quickly format phone and SS numbers3m 54s
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