Alternatively written as Control+Space and C-space, Ctrl+Space is a keyboard shortcut often used to select an entire column in Excel and other spreadsheet programs.

How to use the Ctrl+Spacebar keyboard shortcut

To use this keyboard shortcut, press and hold either Ctrl key, and while continuing to hold, press the spacebar key.

On Apple computers, the shortcut to save may also be Command key+spacebar.

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Ctrl+Spacebar in Excel and other spreadsheet programs

In Microsoft Excel and other spreadsheet programs, pressing Ctrl+spacebar selects the entire column containing the active cell.

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The keyboard shortcut Shift+spacebar selects the entire row containing the active cell.

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