{"id":2058,"date":"2011-03-11T10:49:56","date_gmt":"2011-03-11T16:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mdmproofing.com\/iym\/weblog\/?p=2058"},"modified":"2011-03-11T10:49:56","modified_gmt":"2011-03-11T16:49:56","slug":"excel-keyboard-shortcut-end-column","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mdmproofing.com\/iym\/weblog\/2011\/03\/excel-keyboard-shortcut-end-column\/","title":{"rendered":"Excel: Keyboard Shortcut to End of Column"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A purchaser of my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdmproofing.com\/iym\/products\/register_detail.php\">Check Register spreadsheet<\/a> recently emailed me, asking if there was a quick way to get to the bottom of her register &#8212; to get to the first blank row, in other words, in order to quickly add a new transaction.  When you have five hundred transactions in your register, scrolling all the way to the bottom of your data so you can enter a new transaction &#8230; well, it just ain&#8217;t a lot of fun.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Excel has always had lots of <a href=\"http:\/\/office.microsoft.com\/en-us\/excel-help\/keyboard-shortcuts-in-excel-2010-HP010342494.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">keyboard shortcuts<\/a>.  The one that&#8217;s most applicable here would be the [CNTRL]-[DOWN ARROW], or [CNTRL]-&darr;, shortcut.<\/p>\n<h3>Getting to the Bottom of It<\/h3>\n<p>When I press the [CNTRL]-&darr; combination, Excel will automatically take me down to the last nonblank cell in my current, active column.  So, in the case of my Check Register spreadsheet, placing Excel&#8217;s cursor in any cell in the DATE column (Column C), and then pressing [CNTRL]-&darr;, will take me to the last nonblank cell in that column.<\/p>\n<p>From there, a single arrow-down keypress gets us to the next blank row, and we&#8217;re ready to enter the new transaction.  No scrolling involved!<\/p>\n<p>(Conversely, pressing [CNTRL]-&uarr; would take you to the topmost nonblank cell in your current column.) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A purchaser of my Check Register spreadsheet recently emailed me, asking if there was a quick way to get to the bottom of her register &#8212; to get to the first blank row, in other words, in order to quickly add a new transaction. 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