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Select cells

Application: Presentation Home Edition macOS

To select a single cell, follow the steps below:

1.Place the mouse cursor in that cell.

2.On the Home tab, in the Table group, click t_table_select Select and choose Select cell from the drop-down list.

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If any cell in the table is selected, you can use the keyboard keys listed in the table  to quickly select other cells.

Keyboard shortcut

Description

Windows, Linux

macOS

Tab

Select the next table cell

Shift+Tab

Select the previous cell in the table

→, ←, ↑, ↓

Select a cell on the right, left, top, or bottom of the cell

Enter

Select a cell from the bottom

Home

Fn+←

Select the first cell of the row

End

Fn+→

Select the last cell of the row

Shift+↑, ↓, ←, →

⇧Shift+↑, ↓, ←, →

Select a range of cells starting from the current one

 

To select an arbitrary range of cells, use one of the following methods:

–Place the cursor in the first cell of the desired range. Hold down the left mouse button and drag the cursor to the last cell of the range. Release the left mouse button.

–Place the cursor in the first cell of the desired range. Hold the Shift key down and select the last cell in the desired range.

If the selected cell range includes a merged cell, it is expanded to the borders of the merged cell.

The desired range can be selected in any direction of the row or column.

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