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Have you ever wondered how some people breeze through their work, almost as if they\u2019re in a trance?\u00a0 Chances are they are 1) really good at keyboarding (70+ wpm with few errors) and 2) they use a lot of keyboard shortcuts (100+ different shortcuts). \u00a0\u00a0There is no shortage of wisdom around shortcuts in general, mostly saying that taking shortcuts isn\u2019t worth it \u2013 you\u2019ll end up paying for taking shortcuts later on down the road. \u00a0Keyboard shortcuts are one of the biggest exceptions to that wisdom \u2013 there are several benefits that we\u2019ll discuss earlier, but the most obvious and biggest benefit is saving time.<\/p>\n
In this article, we\u2019ll discuss key thoughts around using keyboard shortcuts, including these takeaways:<\/p>\n
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Why Keyboard Shortcuts are Important<\/strong><\/h3>\nEarly on in my career, I worked out of town for eight straight weeks on an urgent, special project \u2013 correcting fraudulent accounting records.\u00a0 This was just a couple years after the collapse of Enron, so you can imagine how exciting it was!\u00a0 There were hundreds of us flying in from around the country, segregated into several different functional groups.\u00a0 Even at a big corporate campus, there wasn\u2019t a lot of space for all these extra people.\u00a0 My group of 40 or so shared an area you\u2019d normally see 10-15 people working in \u2013 there was not much space.\u00a0 So little space that I could barely use the mouse!\u00a0 I was working in Excel for 10 hours a day, and any little thing I could learn to work faster made a huge impact.\u00a0 Keyboard shortcuts were a huge part of that \u2013 the staples (open, save, close, copy, paste), navigation (moving between sheets, selecting data), and I even made some of my own for actions where I couldn\u2019t find a shortcut (colors, number formats, comments).\u00a0 I\u2019m very thankful for this time because I set some good habits that I\u2019ve built on over the years.<\/p>\n
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