Perhaps you just built a custom format to display numbers in thousands: #,#0,K. The F4 trick works for a surprising number of commands. To keep deleting rows, press the Down Arrow key followed by F4 until all the blank rows are gone. Next, you need to delete a row, so use Alt+E, D, R Enter to delete the row. To delete the remaining columns, keep pressing Right Arrow and then F4. This beautiful command repeats the last command that you invoked. Instead of doing Alt+E, D, C Enter again, simply press F4. But even if you are really fast at doing Alt+E, D, C Enter, it can be a pain to do this many times in a row.Īfter deleting column B, press the Right Arrow key to move to the next column that needs to be deleted. For example, Alt+E, D, C Enter deletes a column. Repeat the Last Command Shift F4 In Excel The result? A single formula that can be copied to C3:F12. What if you screw up and press F4 too many times? Keep pressing F4: It will toggle back to relative then absolute, then row absolute, then column absolute. To enter the above formula, you would press F4 once after clicking on H1, three times after clicking on A3, and twice after clicking on C1. The C1 will always point to row 1, so you need C$1. The A3 will always point back to column A, so you need $A3. The H1 will always point to H1, so you need both dollar signs in $H$1. In the following example, you need to multiply H2 by A3 by C1. There are other times when you need only part of the reference to be locked. Pressing F4 while the insertion point is touching the F1 reference is a fast way to add both dollar signs. The $F$1 says that no matter where you copy this formula, that part of the formula always needs to point to F1. Two dollar signs are added to the final element of the formula. The solution? Edit the original formula and press F4. But unfortunately, the reference to the sales tax in F1 is changing as well. As you copy the formula down the column, the B2 reference automatically changes to B3, B4, and so on. In the following figure, the tax in C2 is B2 times F1.īut when you copy this formula down, none of the sales tax calculations are working.
You can’t select a cell and press F4 and have it change all references to absolute. If you’re running MAC, use the shortcut: ⌘ + T to toggle absolute and relative references.Ģ: Your marker is not INSIDE the reference when you use the shortcut The F4 shortcut to lock a reference only works on Windows. Written in Excel terms, it “toggles absolute and relative references”. It locks a reference, making it absolute to some extent depending on how many times you press it. į4 is one of the most used shortcuts in Excel.
USING F4 IN EXCEL FOR A MAC HOW TO
In this video, you’ll learn how to use absolute references with the F4 key in Excel.
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