Selecting Cell

Selecting Cells

In order to add anything to your workbook, you need to select cells. Selected cells have a dark line around them. There are many ways to select cells. The table below lists some of them.

Action Selection

Click on Cell Selects that cell

Click on a Column Heading Selects that entire column

Click on a Row Heading Selects that entire row

Shift-click Selects the cells between the original mouse click and where you placed the cursor after holding down the Shift key

Drag Selects the cells between the original mouse click and where you let go after dragging the cursor

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Action	Selection
Click on Cell	Selects that cell
Click on a Column Heading	Selects that entire column
Click on a Row Heading	Selects that entire row
Shift-click	Selects the cells between the original mouse click and where you placed the cursor after holding down the Shift key
Drag	Selects the cells between the original mouse click and where you let go after dragging the cursor