Choosing Non-Adjacent Cells in Excel with Keyboard and Mouse An Excel Keyboard Shortcut,
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Selecting Non-adjacent Cells in Excel 2007
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By deciding on multiple cells in Excel you can delete data,
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While using the drag select method with the mouse to quickly highlight a block of adjacent cells is probably the most common way of choosing more than one cell, there are times when the cells you want to highlight are not located beside each other.
When this occurs, it is possible to select non-adjacent cells. Although selecting non-adjacent cells can be done solely with the keyboard, it is easier to do using the keyboard and mouse together.
Deciding on Non-Adjacent Cells in Excel
Note: For help with this example, see the image to the right.
Click on the first cell you want to select with the mouse pointer to make it the active cell.
Press and hold down the Ctrl key on the keyboard.
Click on the rest of the cells you want to select Without releasing the Ctrl key.
Once all the desired cells are selected,
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Do Not click anywhere else with the mouse pointer once you release the Ctrl key or you will clear the highlight from the selected cells.
If you release the Ctrl key too soon and wish to highlight more cells,
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Other Keyboard Shortcuts
Adding the Current Time
Adding the Current Date
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