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Navigation shortcut
Open the Go To dialog
Ctrl + G (or F5) on Windows, Ctrl + G on Mac.
When to use it
Opens Go To, where you can type an address or name, and reach Go To Special, which selects cells by type: blanks, formulas, constants, visible cells, errors.
The shape of it
- Windows
Ctrl + G (or F5)
- Mac
Ctrl + G
Worked examples
Jump to an address
Ctrl + G, type Z500, Enter → The cursor jumps to Z500
Named ranges work too.
Select blanks
Select a column, Ctrl + G, Alt + S, K (blanks), Enter → Only the empty cells are selected
Then type a value and Ctrl + Enter to fill all the blanks at once.
Find formulas
Ctrl + G, Alt + S, F (formulas), Enter → Every formula cell is selected
Color them to audit which cells are calculated.
Worth knowing
- Go To Special (Alt + S inside it) selects blanks, formulas, constants, or visible cells only.
- F5 opens the same dialog.
- Go To Special, Constants, with only Numbers checked finds hardcoded numbers inside a calculation block.
- Visible cells only (Alt + ;) is also in this dialog.
Where it goes wrong
- Go To Special works on the selection; select the area first or it scans the whole sheet.
- Filling blanks with Ctrl + Enter also fills cells that were meant to stay empty.
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