OpenOffice Calc Shortcuts [and differences with Microsoft Excel]

A great deal of people using spreadsheets love using keyboard shortcuts.

Here are some selected Excel and Calc default keyboard shortcuts – and the difference in accessing the related functions. Below are some additional shortcut keys that are useful in Calc.

Function	Excel Shortcut	Calc Shortcut
Rearranges the relative or absolute references (for example, A1, $A$1, $A1, A$1) in the input field	F4	Shift+F4
Edit cell comment (known as “notes” in Calc)	Shift+F2	Control+F1
Fill right or Fill down	Control+R or Control+D	No equivalent
Go to specific cell	F5	F5 (shows Navigator)
Insert Function	No standard equivalent	Control+F2
Enter into all currently selected cells	Control+Enter	Alt+EnterAlt+Shift+Enter (also applies the cell format) In both cases cells must be contiguous.

List of navigation and selection shortcut keys

Shortcut	Command
Ctrl+Home	Moves the cursor to the first cell in the sheet (A1).
Ctrl+End	Moves the cursor to the last cell on the sheet that contains data.
Home	Moves the cursor to the first cell of the current row.
End	Moves the cursor to the last cell of the current row in a column containing data.
Ctrl+Left Arrow	Moves the cursor to the left edge of the current data range. If the column to the left of the cell that contains the cursor is empty
Ctrl+Right Arrow	Moves the cursor to the right edge of the current data range. If the column to the right of the cell that contains the cursor is empty
Ctrl+Up Arrow	Moves the cursor to the top edge of the current data range. If the row above the cell that contains the cursor is empty
Ctrl+Down Arrow	Moves the cursor to the bottom edge of the current data range. If the row below the cell that contains the cursor is empty
Ctrl+Shft+Arrow	Selects all cells containing data from the current cell to the end of the continuous range of data cells
Ctrl+ Page Up	Moves one sheet to the left. In the page preview it moves to the previous print page.
Ctrl+Page Down	Moves one sheet to the right. In the page preview it moves to the next print page.
Page Up	Moves the viewable rows up one screen.
Page Down	Moves the viewable rows down one screen.
Alt+Page Up	Moves the viewable columns one screen to the left.
Alt+Page Down	Moves the viewable columns one screen to the right.
Shft+Ctrl+Page Up	Adds the previous sheet to the current selection of sheets. If all the sheets in a spreadsheet are selected
Shft+Ctrl+Page Down	Adds the next sheet to the current selection of sheets. If all the sheets in a spreadsheet are selected
Ctrl+*	Selects the data range that contains the cursor. A range is a contiguous cell range that contains data and is bounded by empty row and columns. The * key is the multiplication sign on the numeric key pad.
Ctrl+/	Selects the matrix formula range that contains the cursor. The / key is the division sign on the numeric key pad.