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The Corporate Finance Institute Excel
Reasons to use Excel Shortcuts
To be more productive, faster, and more efficient when building financial
models or performing financial analysis it’s important to know the main
keyboard shortcuts in Excel. These are critical for careers in investment
banking, equity research, FP&A, finance, accounting, and more.
The first thing you’ll do if you’re hired as an investment banking analyst is take
a series of intense Excel training courses. Your mouse will be taken away and
you’ll be expected to learn financial modeling with only keyboard shortcuts. If
you follow our tips and tricks below you’ll be able to master these shortcuts on
Windows or Mac operating systems.
You may also want to check out our section on Excel formulas or the Excel
formulas cheat sheet. Excel is quite robust, meaning there is a lot of different
tools that can be utilized within it, and therefore there are many skills one can
practice and hone.
Free Excel Course
If you want to learn these keyboard shortcuts with your own personal online
instructor, check our CFI’s Free Excel Crash Course! You’ll receive step by step
instructions and demonstrations on how to avoid the mouse and only use your
keyboard.
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