Excel Tips & Tricks : āĻāĻ•ā§āϏ⧇āϞ āϟāĻŋāĻĒāĻšā§ āφ⧰⧁ āĻŸā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ•āĻšā§


Keyboard Shortcuts (āϕ⧀āĻŦ’ā§°ā§āĻĄ āĻļāĻ°ā§āϟāĻ•āĻžāϟ)



  • Ctrl + S → Save : Ctrl + S → āϏāς⧰āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ

  • Ctrl + C → Copy : Ctrl + C → āĻ•āĻĒāĻŋ

  • Ctrl + V → Paste : Ctrl + V → āĻĒ⧇āĻˇā§āϟ


Freeze Panes (āĻĢā§ā§°āĻŋāϜ āĻĒ⧇āύ)



  • Keeps headers visible while scrolling : āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ā§°āϞ āϕ⧰āĻžā§° āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϤ⧋ āĻļā§€ā§°ā§āώ āĻļāĻžā§°ā§€ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ

  • View → Freeze Panes : 


Insert Table (āĻŸā§‡āĻŦ⧁āϞ āϏāĻ¨ā§āύāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ)



  • Converts data into a formatted table : āĻĄāĻžāϟāĻžāĻ• āĻŸā§‡āĻŦ⧁āϞāϞ⧈ ā§°ā§‚āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧰ āϕ⧰⧇

  • Shortcut: Ctrl + T


Remove Duplicates (āĻĄā§āĻĒā§āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇āϟ āφāρāĻ¤ā§°ā§‹ā§ąāĻž)



  • Removes repeated data entries : āĻāϕ⧇ āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻĄāĻžāϟāĻž āφāρāϤ⧰āĻžāϝāĻŧ

  • Data → Remove Duplicates : Data → Remove Duplicates


 


Pivot Table (āĻĒāĻŋāĻ­āϟ āĻŸā§‡āĻŦ⧁āϞ)



  • Summarizes large data quickly : āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰ āĻĄāĻžāϟāĻžāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ ā§°ā§‚āĻĒāϤ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§ā§ąāĻžāϝāĻŧ

  • Insert → PivotTable : Insert → PivotTable


Dropdown List (āĻĄā§ā§°āĻĒāĻĄāĻžāωāύ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻž)



  • Restricts input choices : āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻŦāĻžāĻ›āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧈ āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇

  • Data → Data Validation → List


MCQs


Q1. Which shortcut is used to save a file in Excel ? : ExcelāϤ āĻĢāĻžāχāϞ āϏāς⧰āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧈ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ shortcut āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
(a) Ctrl + C (b) Ctrl + V (c) Ctrl + S (d) Ctrl + X


Ans: (c) Ctrl + S
Explanation: Ctrl + S saves the file. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Ctrl + S āĻ āĻĢāĻžāχāϞ āϏāς⧰āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Q2. Freeze Panes is used to: Freeze Panes āĻ•āĻŋāĻšā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
(a) Delete data (b) Lock headers (c) Insert table (d) Copy data


Ans: (b) Lock headers
Explanation: It keeps headers visible while scrolling. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ā§°āϞ āϕ⧰āĻŋāϞ⧇āĻ“ āĻļā§€ā§°ā§āώ āĻļāĻžā§°ā§€ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Q3. Which shortcut is used to create a table ?  āĻŸā§‡āĻŦ⧁āϞ āĻŦāύāĻžāĻŦāϞ⧈ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ shortcut āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
(a) Ctrl + T (b) Ctrl + D (c) Ctrl + R (d) Ctrl + E


Ans: (a) Ctrl + T
Explanation: Converts data into a table. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻĄāĻžāϟāĻžāĻ• āĻŸā§‡āĻŦ⧁āϞāϞ⧈ ā§°ā§‚āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧰ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Q4. Remove Duplicates is used to: Remove Duplicates āĻ•āĻŋāĻšā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
(a) Add data (b) Delete repeated data (c) Sort data (d) Filter data


Ans: (b) Delete repeated data
Explanation: Removes duplicate entries. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻāϕ⧇ āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻĄāĻžāϟāĻž āφāρāϤ⧰āĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Q5. Pivot Table is used to: Pivot Table āĻ•āĻŋāĻšā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
(a) Copy data (b) Summarize data (c) Delete file (d) Format text


Ans: (b) Summarize data
Explanation: It analyzes and summarizes data. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻĄāĻžāϟāĻžāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϞ⧇āώāĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Q6. Dropdown list is created using: Dropdown āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āϕ⧇āύ⧇āĻ•ā§ˆ āϤ⧈āϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
(a) Insert Table (b) Data Validation (c) Pivot Table (d) Filter


Ans: (b) Data Validation
Explanation: It restricts input choices. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻĻāĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧈ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Exam Trick


i. Ctrl + S → Save,  ii. Ctrl + T → Table , iii. Pivot → Summary, 


iv. Freeze → Header lock, v. Data Validation → Dropdown