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Wall Street Prep Excel: Essential Keyboard Shortcuts and Functions for Financial Analysis, Exams of Finance

A comprehensive guide to essential keyboard shortcuts and functions in microsoft excel, specifically tailored for financial analysis. It covers a range of topics, including navigating worksheets, freezing panes, using formulas for date calculations, and applying financial functions like npv. Designed to enhance efficiency and accuracy in financial modeling and analysis.

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2024/2025

Available from 03/05/2025

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Wall Street Prep Excel
1. Which of the following keys IS NOT a way to trace precedent cellsAnswer Ctrl
Alt [
2. Please select the answer that best describes the shortcut to
Split (not freeze) an excel sheet into just two panes (top and bottom)
To navigate from pane to paneAnswer 1. With the active cell on any row but in
column A, hit Alt W S to split the panes to a top and bottom. 2. Hit F6 to jump from
pane
to pane (in some versions of Excel you will need to hit F6 several times to get from one
pane to the other).
3. You are in cell A1 and start a formula by typing = in a worksheet with split
top and bottom panes. In order to jump to the bottom pane while working on
the formulaAnswerAnswer Hit F6
4. If I want to add the title "Company Financials" in cell A1 ensure that all
columns are the same width across all the worksheets in my workbook, how
would I do thatAnswer 1. Group the wroksheets by hitting Ctrl Shift and use the
PageUp/Down keys to select the worksheets. 2. In the active sheet type in "Company
Financials" in A1 and apply the desired width to all columns 3. Remember to hit Ctrl
Pageup or Pagedown to make sure that future edits only apply to active sheet.
5. What is the keyboard sequence to
1) Group highlighted columns (but not to hide group)
2) Hide the group (will show a + sign above the column)
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Wall Street Prep Excel

  1. Which of the following keys IS NOT a way to trace precedent cellsAnswer Ctrl Alt [
  2. Please select the answer that best describes the shortcut to Split (not freeze) an excel sheet into just two panes (top and bottom) To navigate from pane to paneAnswer 1. With the active cell on any row but in column A, hit Alt W S to split the panes to a top and bottom. 2. Hit F6 to jump from pane to pane (in some versions of Excel you will need to hit F6 several times to get from one pane to the other).
  3. You are in cell A1 and start a formula by typing = in a worksheet with split top and bottom panes. In order to jump to the bottom pane while working on the formulaAnswerAnswer Hit F
  4. If I want to add the title "Company Financials" in cell A1 ensure that all columns are the same width across all the worksheets in my workbook, how would I do thatAnswer 1. Group the wroksheets by hitting Ctrl Shift and use the PageUp/Down keys to select the worksheets. 2. In the active sheet type in "Company Financials" in A1 and apply the desired width to all columns 3. Remember to hit Ctrl Pageup or Pagedown to make sure that future edits only apply to active sheet.
  5. What is the keyboard sequence to 1) Group highlighted columns (but not to hide group) 2) Hide the group (will show a + sign above the column)

3) Show the group (will show a + sign above the column)Answer 1. Shift Alt Right Arrow

  1. Alt a h 3. Alt a j
  2. What is the keyboard shortcut to open the paste special dialog boxAnswer Alt e s or Alt h v s
  3. What is the keyboard shortcut to freeze panes within a worksheetAnswer Alt W F F
  4. Identify a function in cell D6 that will return the fraction of the year elapsed assuming a 360 day count basis.Answer =YEARFRAC(D4,D5,2)
  5. Identify the formula that will always output a date that is the end-of-month date 3 months after the date inputted in D5.Answer =EOMONTH(D5,3)
  6. Identify the formula that, based in user inputs in cells B1 and B2, out- puts the text "animal lover" for users who have at least 1 dog and at least one cat, and outputs "lonely person" when those conditions are not met.Answer - =IF(AND(B1>0,B2>0),"animal lover","lonely person")
  7. Identify the best formula that will output 2016 expenses. HintAnswer Only select the 'range lookup' argument if it is necessary.Answer =HLOOKUP(2016,A1AnswerD4,3)

F2 to get into the existing formula 2. Holding down Ctrl, use PageUp or PageDown to find the desired worksheet 3. Let go of the Ctrl and PageUp/Down keys 4. Use the arrow keys to locate the desired cell reference 5. Hit enter

  1. What is the keyboard shortcut to move sheets within a workbookAnswer Alt H O M
  2. What is the keyboard shortcut to open the formatting cells dialog boxAnswer ctrl 1
  3. What are the keyboard shortcuts for auto-fitting a range of columnsAnswer
  4. Select the columns by hitting Ctrl Spacebar 2) Hold down the shift key and use left and right arrow keys to highlight the range of columns 3) Hit Alt H O I to auto fit the columns
  5. When you are in the Format Cells dialog (Ctrl 1)Answer What is the keyboard shortcut for moving across tabs (Number, Alignment, Font Border, Fill, Protection)? How do you move counter clockwise across form elements?

How do you select a checkbox (put a checkbox next to it)Answer 1) Ctrl Tab, 2) Shift Tab 3) Spacebar