Excel - What are F buttons for?

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Wed 20 Feb 2008, 15:58 Delegate Fay said...

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Excel - What are F buttons for?

What are all the F buttons for?

Sat 23 Feb 2008, 22:08 Trainer Mara said...

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Hello Fay,
I hope you enjoyed your Excel training with us.

Thank you for your question. Here is a list of all the F buttons, and their shortcut purpose in Excel:

F1 Help
F2 Edit
F3 Paste Name
F4 Repeat last action
F4 While typing a formula, switch between absolute/relative refs
F5 Goto
F6 Next Pane
F7 Spell check
F8 Extend mode
F9 Recalculate all workbooks
F10 Activate Menubar
F11 New Chart
F12 Save As

I hope this resolves your question. If it has, please mark this question as resolved. If you require further assistance, please reply to this post. And please feel free to ask any other questions you may have.

Have a great day.

Regards,
Mara
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