The free shortcuts cheat sheet
One page of the Excel and Google Sheets keyboard shortcuts that actually save time in a budget spreadsheet. Windows and Mac side by side.
Print it and keep it next to you. That is the whole idea.
Download the cheat sheet (PDF, free)Free.
The ones worth knowing
Not every shortcut. The handful that come up constantly when you are building or fixing a budget.
- Fill down in one keystroke, and fill the selection to the right.
- Jump to the edge of your data instead of scrolling.
- Select a column edge to edge, or the whole table at once.
- Format the number as currency.
- Type one value into every selected cell.
- Undo, then redo, without losing your place.
Anyone who builds their own spreadsheets
If you keep your budget in Excel or Google Sheets and you have ever lost ten minutes scrolling to the bottom of a column, this saves you that ten minutes. You do not need to know formulas, and you do not need to be fast already.
While you are here
Two more free pages, both the same idea. Something small you can use today rather than a system to adopt.
The Six Lines starter page, a whole planning method on one sheet of paper.
The Even Keel First-Action Kit, five pages for when your attention slips and the plan goes with it.
Get the cheat sheet. It is free.
One page, Windows and Mac, the shortcuts that actually come up. Print it or keep it open beside your spreadsheet.
Download the cheat sheet (PDF, free)Free.