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The functions, VBA, and shortcuts a finance operator actually uses — curated, with CFO examples. Prefer them pre-built? Grab a ready-made model.
Undo and redo
CtrlZEditing & referencesStep backward through your changes — and forward again if you went too far.
Difficulty
1What it does
Ctrl + Z undoes your last action, and pressing it repeatedly walks back through the history one step at a time; Ctrl + Y redoes what you just undid. The one thing to know: a macro (or in older versions, saving) can clear the undo stack — so save a copy before running anything you can't reverse, because Ctrl + Z won't bring it back.
2The shortcut
- 1Press
Ctrl + Zto undo the last change — again to keep stepping back. - 2Press
Ctrl + Yto redo a step you undid. - 3Before running a macro, save a copy — it can wipe the undo history.
3Before → after
Press the shortcut to play it on a sample sheet.
Before — a bad edit sits in the cell
| A — Field | B — Cash | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bank balance | 9,999 |
Someone fat-fingered 9,999 into the cell. Ctrl + Z walks it back — press it repeatedly to keep stepping.
4When you use it
- Back out of a mistaken edit or paste instantly.
- Step back through several changes to a known-good state.
- Redo a change you undid one step too far.
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