In MS - Excel, what is the shortcut key you can press to Select the entire row?
- A.Ctrl + Shift + Space
- B.Ctrl + Home
- C.Ctrl + Space
- D.Shift + Space
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Explanation
The correct answer is D, Shift + Space. Pressing Shift together with the spacebar selects the whole row that holds the active cell, from column A right across to the last column of the grid. The row number on the left turns highlighted, and any formatting, deletion or height change you apply next affects the entire row.
Option A, Ctrl + Shift + Space, selects the whole worksheet, which is the same thing Ctrl + A does when the active cell stands outside a data range. Option B, Ctrl + Home, does not select anything at all; it only moves the cursor back to cell A1 from wherever it happens to be. Option C, Ctrl + Space, is the companion of the right answer and selects the whole column instead of the whole row, which is exactly the swap the paper setter is hoping for. Remember the pair together: Shift for the row, Ctrl for the column.
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Practice Questions
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- A.Title bar
- B.Tool bar
- C.Task bar
- D.Menu bar
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- A.Financial
- B.Logical
- C.Text
- D.Math & Trig
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Read the full explanation →Which out of the following is used as an electronic spread sheet?
- A.Microsoft Word
- B.Microsoft Power point
- C.Microsoft Excel
- D.Microsoft Access
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Read the full explanation →Which function key displays the Print Preview window in Microsoft Office?
- A.Alt + Ctrl + F2
- B.Alt + F2
- C.Shift + F2
- D.Ctrl + F2
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Read the full explanation →What is the default file extension of a workbook created in MS Excel 2016?
- A..xls
- B..xlsx
- C..xlsm
- D..xltx
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From Excel 2007 onwards the suite moved to the Office Open XML formats, and a plain workbook saves with the.xlsx extension.
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