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What is the keyboard shortcut used to open a cell for edit in Excel that is equivalent to the mouse double click?

If I want to edit a cell's content in an Excel sheet but don't want to use the mouse by double clicking inside that cell, what is the keyboard shortcut I can use to achieve that?

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Question added by mu'awiah al'amad , Project Managment , Saudi Telecommunication Company (STC)
Date Posted: 2014/04/17
Mukkaram Siddique
by Mukkaram Siddique , Finance, Management & Stocks , Amazon Foods Saudi Arabia

Simply press F2,

but on most of the laptops the Funtional series of key is not activated directly so in that case you have to press 'fn' on your laptop keyboard and then press F2.

bijo thomas
by bijo thomas , Business Development Manager , Three Lines Shiping LLC

F2 key

Ahmad Adaileh
by Ahmad Adaileh , Head of Statistics and Reporting Section , Medivisa for medical claims settlement–member of Medgulf Group

Press F2 or double click on the wanted cell

MUHAMMED HARIS MI
by MUHAMMED HARIS MI , Senior Audit Staff , Saud Bahwan Group LLC.

No doubts ...............Press F2 KEY

Sriram Anantharaman
by Sriram Anantharaman , Warehouse Supervisor , Crown Worldwide

Press F2 and you can edit

Deleted user
by Deleted user

F2, which has remained the same shortcut key for Excel formula check from earlier versions too.

osman sati
by osman sati , Architectural Engineering , Estates Investment & Development Company(A Ctc Group Company)

PRESS F2

Deleted user
by Deleted user

F2 Key is an alternative to that

Shahid Qureshi
by Shahid Qureshi , Assistant Manager - MIS / Financial Reporting / Agency Management in FRMU , Bank Alfalah Limted

The best suitable key is f2 for this work.

Muhammad Ikram
by Muhammad Ikram , Financial Contorller , Sparq Systems Inc.

F2 keys brings the cell to edit mode

Vina Sankaranarayanan
by Vina Sankaranarayanan , Operation Executive , BNY Mellon PVT LTD

We can also edit by pressing F2 key

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