Use familiar Excel-style shortcuts in Google Sheets: Alt keys, Trace Precedents and Dependents, formatting, navigation, Sensitivity Tables, Workbook Health audits, and more.
Press Alt, then type the Excel sequence
Alt + H, F, CFont ColorAlt + H, HFill ColorCtrl + Shift + 1Number FormatCtrl + Shift + SAuto Color CellsCtrl + Shift + [Trace PrecedentsChrome Web Store rating
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XLKeys brings Google Sheets Alt key shortcuts, formatting commands, model analysis, and workbook health tools to people who already know Excel.
Press Alt, then type the Excel sequence
Alt + H, F, CFont ColorAlt + H, HFill ColorCtrl + Shift + 1Number FormatCtrl + Shift + SAuto Color CellsCtrl + Shift + [Trace PrecedentsPress Alt once, then type the familiar ribbon sequence. XLKeys brings Excel-style Alt-key workflows to Google Sheets.
Format cells from the keyboard with number and date formats, font and fill colors, borders, alignment, merge, freeze panes, and more.
Trace precedents and dependents for any cell. Instantly see which cells feed into a formula and where a value flows downstream.
Build two-input sensitivity tables by varying row and column assumptions and seeing how your model changes in a clean output grid.
Set a target value and let XLKeys find the input needed to reach it, just like Excel's Goal Seek inside Google Sheets.
Classify formulas, hardcodes, same-sheet references, and cross-sheet references with one shortcut.
Find trailing grid space to reclaim
Open ranges · volatile formulas · imports
Run a Cell Capacity Audit against the 10 million-cell limit, then use the Performance Audit to find formulas likely to slow down your workbook.
How it works
Three steps from install to using Excel shortcuts in Google Sheets.
Add XLKeys to Chrome in one click from the Chrome Web Store. No sign-up required.
Navigate to any Google Sheets spreadsheet. XLKeys activates automatically — look for the XLKeys badge in the toolbar.
Press familiar Alt-key sequences and keyboard shortcuts to format, navigate, audit formulas, and analyze models — just like in Excel.
Watch how XLKeys brings Excel-style shortcuts to Google Sheets.
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Shortcuts
Step-by-step guides for the Excel shortcuts people miss most in Google Sheets — with the exact keys for Windows and Mac.
Alt → H → O → IPaste Values in Google SheetsAlt → E → S → VTrace Precedents in Google SheetsCtrl + Shift + [Trace Dependents in Google SheetsCtrl + Shift + ]Goal Seek in Google SheetsAlt → A → W → GSensitivity Table (Data Table) in Google SheetsAlt → A → W → TCell Capacity Audit in Google SheetsAlt → A → W → CPerformance Audit in Google SheetsAlt → A → W → PFill Color in Google SheetsAlt → H → HAll Borders in Google SheetsAlt → H → B → AFreeze Panes in Google SheetsAlt → W → F → FAccounting Number Format in Google SheetsAlt → H → A → NGuides
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