Selecting the Cell in the First Row in a Column in Excel

There is a keyboard shortcut to select the first column in a row, but as far as I know there is no shortcut for the first row in a column.

You can press the Home key to select the first column in the current row.

Selecting the first row in the current column is not so easy. Here are a couple of ways.

Ctrl key

Hold Ctrl then press Space Bar then press the full stop . then press the Up arrow. You can release the Ctrl key after the full stop.

F5 function key

Press the F5 function key then type in the cell reference eg d1 and then press Enter. You can do this to select any cell in the sheet.

 

This Post Has 4 Comments

  1. Rick Rothstein

    What about End+UpArrow ?

    1. Neale Blackwood

      Hi Rick

      Thanks Rick – that only works for me if all cells have entries and then Ctrl + up arrow works.

      1. Rick Rothstein

        Yeah, bad testing on my part. I do have one that does work but it is three keystrokes (“easy” ones though)…

        Shift+PageUp
        Tab
        Up Arrow

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