Keyboard Shortcuts

To save time, use following keyboard shortcut keys in Smartsheet.

NOTE: Mac users should use Command ⌘ instead of Ctrl.

PC Shortcut	Mac Shortcut	Description
Ctrl + X	Command + X	Cut
Ctrl + C	Command + C	Copy You can copy data within a sheet in Smartsheet or between sheets. You can copy rows, cells, formulas, hyperlinks, and hierarchy. NOTE: Copying a row does not copy its associated attachments or comments.
Ctrl + V	Command + V	Paste TIP: If you've copied a multi-line cell in Excel or other program, double-click on the cell in Smartsheet before pasting it in to prevent the lines from spilling over into the cells below.
Ctrl + S	Command + S	Saves all unsaved information
F2	Fn + F2	Enters edit mode on selected cell
Ctrl + Z	Command + Z	Undo the previous action since last save
Ctrl + Y	Command + Y	Redo the previous action since last save
Ctrl + D	Command + D	Fill down Select the cells that you want to fill. The cell containing the value that that you want to fill must be at the top of the selection. TIPS: This shortcut is useful when a column contains a formula that you want to use in every cell in that column. This capability is also available by clicking and dragging from the bottom-right corner of a selected cell.

PC Shortcut	Mac Shortcut	Description
Ctrl + /	Command + /	Open a Sheet
Ctrl + F	Command + F	Find information within a sheet
Ctrl + G	Command + G	Display the Go To Row window to navigate to a specific row in the sheet
Home	Home	Go to the first cell of the current row
End	End	Move to the last cell of the current row
Ctrl + Home	Command + Home	Takes you to the top left cell of a sheet
Ctrl + End	Command + End	Takes you to the bottom right cell of a sheet
PgUp	Page Up	Moves you up in a sheet
PgDn	Page Down	Moves you down in a sheet

PC Shortcut	Mac Shortcut	Description
Ctrl + ] (right bracket)	Command + ] (right bracket)	Indent the row (you will see the indent level in the Primary Column only)
Ctrl + [ (left bracket)	Command + [ (left bracket)	Outdent the row (you will see the indent level in the Primary Column only)

PC Shortcut	Mac Shortcut	Description
Ctrl + Enter	Command + Enter	Inserts a carriage return or line break in Text/Number cells NOTE: In order to see the carriage returns in the sheet, apply wrap formatting to the cell by clicking the Wrap Text button on the toolbar at the top of the Smartsheet window.
Ctrl + I	Command + I	Italic
Ctrl + U	Command + U	Underline
Ctrl + B	Command + B	Bold
Alt + 0149	Option + 8	Inserts a bullet point in the cell

PC Shortcut	Mac Shortcut	Description
Insert	Ctrl + I	Inserts a row above the selected row NOTE: To insert multiple rows at once, press Shift and select multiple row headers, then click Insert.
Ctrl + Spacebar	Ctrl + Spacebar	Selects the entire column of your active or selected cells
Shift + Spacebar	Shift + Spacebar	Selects the entire row of your active or selected cells
Spacebar	Spacebar	Displays or removes a checkbox, star, or flag in the selected cell. For more information about checkbox, star, and flag columns see: Use the Best Column Type for Your Data

The following shortcuts work in cells of the Date column type. For more information about column types, see Use the Best Column Type for Your Data.

Note that these abbreviations currently work only for English terms.

Shortcut (PC & Mac)	Description
t	Inserts today's date
+n (plus sign and a number)	Enters a date n days from today’s date For example, if today’s date is 12/11/17, pressing +3 will enter 12/14/17.
-n (minus sign and a number)	Enters a date n days before today’s date For example, if today’s date is 12/11/17, pressing -3 will enter 12/8/17.
sun mon tue wed thurs fri sat	The date corresponding to the day of the week in the current week For example, if today’s date is 12/11/17, typing “sun” will return 12/10/17.
yes	Yesterday's date
tom	Tomorrow's date
last week	The current date -7 days
next week	The current date +7 days
mmm dd, where mmm is a series of letters representing a month and dd is a series of numbers representing a day.	The date of the entered string. For example, typing Dec 17 in the year 2019 will return 12/17/19.

Shortcut (PC & Mac)	Description
Ctrl + L	With the insertion point positioned on the column name in the formula, creates an absolute reference (cell reference lock) Inserts $ before the column name (horizontal cell reference lock) =COUNT($[Order Number]4:[Order Number]6)
Ctrl + L + L	Inserts $ after column name (vertical cell reference lock) =COUNT([Order Number]$4:[Order Number]6)
Ctrl + L + L + L	Inserts $ around column name (full cell reference lock) =COUNT($[Order Number]$4:[Order Number]6)

Shortcut (PC & Mac)	Description
Arrow keys	Select card
Spacebar	Expand or collapse card
Enter	Open edit row form
Shift + Enter	Add a card (enter a title and press Enter again to add the card)

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