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Ctrl+R in Excel and other spreadsheet programs In Microsoft Excel and other spreadsheet programs, pressing Ctrl + R fills the row cell(s) to the right with the contents of the selected cell. To fill more than one cell, select the source cell and press Ctrl + Shift + Right arrow to select additional ones.

Select the cell you want to analyze. Go to Formulas tab > Formulas Auditing > Trace Dependents. Click on the Trace Dependents button to see the cells that are affected by the active cell. It will show a blue arrow that links the active cell and the other cells related to the selected cell.

In Microsoft Excel, pressing "Ctrl+[" will trace the direct precedents of a selected cell, which means it will show all the cells used as inputs for the selected cell's formula. The Ctrl+[ key combination works comparably to the "Go to Special" method. But there are two cases where Ctrl+[ behaves differently.

Finally, you can use the Ctrl + Shift + A shortcut to quickly trace precedents for an entire worksheet. This shortcut will select all of the cells in a worksheet, so you can then press the F5 or Ctrl + F5 shortcut keys to highlight all of the cells that are referenced by formulas in the worksheet.

CTRL+] (closing bracket) Select cells that contain formulas that directly reference the active cell. CTRL+SHIFT+} (closing brace) Select cells that contain formulas that directly or indirectly reference the active cell.

Trace formulas that reference a particular cell (dependents) Select the cell for which you want to identify the dependent cells. To display a tracer arrow to each cell that is dependent on the active cell, on the Formulas tab, in the Formula Auditing group, click Trace Dependents .

Select the cell you want to trace precedents for. Go to the ?Formula Auditing? group on the ?Formulas? tab. Click on the ?Trace Precedents? button ( or Ctrl + ] ). Excel will draw arrows to show the cells that are used in the calculation of the selected cell.