Navigation and selection shortcuts

OpenOffice.org 3 Calc Guide

Appendix A Keyboard Shortcuts

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Table 1: Spreadsheet navigation shortcuts

Shortcut Keys	Effect
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, the cursor moves to the next column to the left that contains data.
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, the cursor moves to the next column to the right that contains data.
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, the cursor moves up to the next row that contains data.
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, the cursor moves down to the next row that contains data.
Ctrl+Shift+Arrow	Selects all cells containing data from the current cell to the end of the continuous range of data cells, in the direction of the arrow pressed. If used to select rows and columns together, a rectangular cell range is selected.
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.
Shift+Ctrl+Page Up	Adds the previous sheet to the current selection of sheets. If all the sheets in a spreadsheet are selected, this combination only selects the previous sheet. Makes the previous sheet the current sheet.
Shift+Ctrl+Page Down	Adds the next sheet to the current selection of sheets. If all the sheets in a spreadsheet are selected, this combination only selects the next sheet. Makes the next sheet the current sheet.
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.
Enter — in a selected range	By default, moves the cursor down one cell in a selected range. To specify the direction that the cursor moves, choose Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org Calc > General.