Open Excel with Ctrl+Alt+X

August 17, 2021 - by Bill Jelen

Problem: I love keyboard shortcuts in Excel. Why isn’t there a keyboard shortcut to open Excel?

Strategy: You can assign a keyboard shortcut to Excel.

Go to your Start menu and find the icon for Excel. Right-click the icon and choose Properties. In the properties dialog, there is a Shortcut Key box. Click in the box and type Ctrl+Alt+X. Click OK.

Right-click the Excel icon and choose Properties. There is a field where you can specify a Shortcut key, such as Ctrl+Alt+X. — Figure 53. Assign a shortcut key to the program.

You can now launch Excel with Ctrl+Alt+X. You might wish to add other shortcuts, such as Ctrl+Alt+N for Notepad++, and so on.

This article is an excerpt from Power Excel With MrExcel

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