About This Shortcut

This shortcut will open Excel’s options area. We don’t know of a dedicated shortcut for this in Windows, so you’ll need to use Alt + F to open the File menu, then T to access the Options window.

On the Mac, options are called “preferences”, and the shortcut command + , will open preferences in most applications, not just Excel.

About This Shortcut

This shortcut launches the Excel help system. On Windows, use the F1 key to launch Excel’s help system. On a Mac, use Command + /.

Note: in Excel 2016 for Mac, you can use F1 to launch help.