Excel Tips & Tricks : āĻāĻā§āϏā§āϞ āĻāĻŋāĻĒāĻā§ āĻā§°ā§ āĻā§ā§°āĻŋāĻāĻā§
Keyboard Shortcuts (āĻā§āĻŦ’ā§°ā§āĻĄ āĻļāϰā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻ)
- Ctrl + S → Save : Ctrl + S → āϏāĻā§°āĻā§āώāĻŖ
- Ctrl + C → Copy : Ctrl + C → āĻāĻĒāĻŋ
- Ctrl + V → Paste : Ctrl + V → āĻĒā§āώā§āĻ
Freeze Panes (āĻĢā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§āύ)
- Keeps headers visible while scrolling : āϏā§āĻā§ā§°āϞ āĻā§°āĻžā§° āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϤ⧠āĻļā§ā§°ā§āώ āĻļāĻžā§°ā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ
- View → Freeze Panes :
Insert Table (āĻā§āĻŦā§āϞ āϏāύā§āύāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļ)
- Converts data into a formatted table : āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ āĻā§āĻŦā§āϞāϞ⧠⧰ā§āĻĒāĻžāύā§āϤ⧰ āĻā§°ā§
- Shortcut: Ctrl + T
Remove Duplicates (āĻĄā§āĻĒā§āϞāĻŋāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻāϤ⧰ā§ā§ąāĻž)
- Removes repeated data entries : āĻāĻā§ āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻž āĻāĻāϤ⧰āĻžāϝāĻŧ
- Data → Remove Duplicates : Data → Remove Duplicates
Pivot Table (āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻ āĻā§āĻŦā§āϞ)
- Summarizes large data quickly : āĻĄāĻžāĻā§° āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ ā§°ā§āĻĒāϤ āĻĻā§āĻā§ā§ąāĻžāϝāĻŧ
- Insert → PivotTable : Insert → PivotTable
Dropdown List (āĻĄā§ā§°āĻĒāĻĄāĻžāĻāύ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻāĻž)
- Restricts input choices : āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāϞā§āĻĒ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧠āϏā§āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§
- Data → Data Validation → List
MCQs
Q1. Which shortcut is used to save a file in Excel ? : ExcelāϤ āĻĢāĻžāĻāϞ āϏāĻā§°āĻā§āώāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧠āĻā§āύāĻā§ shortcut āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°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§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Ctrl + S āĻ āĻĢāĻžāĻāϞ āϏāĻā§°āĻā§āώāĻŖ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Q2. Freeze Panes is used to: Freeze Panes āĻāĻŋāĻšā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°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§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āϏā§āĻā§ā§°āϞ āĻā§°āĻŋāϞā§āĻ āĻļā§ā§°ā§āώ āĻļāĻžā§°ā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Q3. Which shortcut is used to create a table ? āĻā§āĻŦā§āϞ āĻŦāύāĻžāĻŦāϞ⧠āĻā§āύāĻā§ shortcut āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°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§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ āĻā§āĻŦā§āϞāϞ⧠⧰ā§āĻĒāĻžāύā§āϤ⧰ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Q4. Remove Duplicates is used to: Remove Duplicates āĻāĻŋāĻšā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°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§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāĻā§ āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻž āĻāĻāϤ⧰āĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Q5. Pivot Table is used to: Pivot Table āĻāĻŋāĻšā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°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§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϞā§āώāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋ āϏāĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Q6. Dropdown list is created using: Dropdown āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻā§āύā§āĻā§ āϤā§āϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
(a) Insert Table (b) Data Validation (c) Pivot Table (d) Filter
Ans: (b) Data Validation
Explanation: It restricts input choices. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāϞā§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