Each workbook acts as its own separate window on your PC or Mac, while each worksheet acts as a tab within a workbook with separate cells. This section of the Excel Guide offers all shortcuts you need to open, navigate between, and control all of these options.
NOTE: Changing system function key preferences affects how the function keys work for your Mac, not just Excel. After changing this setting, you can still perform the special features printed on a function key. Just press the FN key. For example, to use the F12 key to change your volume, you would press FN+F12. If a function key doesn't work as you expect it to, press the FN key in addition to the function key.
If you don't want to press the FN key each time, you can change your Apple system preferences: Change function key preferences with the mouse. On the Apple menu, press System Preferences.
Select Keyboard. On the Keyboard tab, select the check box for Use all F1, F2, etc. Keys as standard function keys.
By If there’s one thing that will speed up your usage of the Office 2008 for Mac applications, it’s to memorize frequently used keyboard shortcuts. If you’re like most people, the more you keep your fingers off the keyboard keys (and off the mouse), the more efficient you are when using the Office applications. Create a printed list of keyboard shortcuts you want to memorize whenever you begin using a new program. Tape the list to your desk or monitor and keep it there until you memorize the shortcuts. Here are some keyboard shortcuts that can save you a lot of time and effort: Command Keyboard Shortcut New Document Command+N Save Document Command+S Open File Command+O Cut, Copy, and Paste Command+X, Command+C, and Command+V, respectively Undo Last Action Command+Z Increase/Decrease Font Size Command+Shift+ and Command+Shift+.