Excel 2010 Bible

Part I: Getting Started with Excel

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FIGURE 1.9

Pressing Alt displays the keytips.

Using Shortcut Menus .........................................................................................................

In addition to the Ribbon, Excel features many shortcut menus, which you access by right-clicking

just about anything within Excel. Shortcut menus don’t contain every relevant command, just

those that are most commonly used for whatever is selected.

As an example, Figure 1.10 shows the shortcut menu that appears when you right-click a cell. The

shortcut menu appears at the mouse-pointer position, which makes selecting a command fast and

efficient. The shortcut menu that appears depends on what you’re doing at the time. For example,

if you’re working with a chart, the shortcut menu contains commands that are pertinent to the

selected chart element.

FIGURE 1.10

Click the right mouse button to display a shortcut menu of commands you’re most likely to use.