Files · original practice scenario
Open Excel Options
You want to review how a new workbook is configured.
Start here: Windows desktop Excel with no modal dialog open
Changing options can affect other workbooks. This scenario only opens the dialog.
Follow these instructions in your own desktop Excel workbook. This page explains the operation; it does not send commands to Excel.
Windows keys and context
Press the File access key, then T. Commas mean successive presses, not a single held chord.
Alt+F,T
Access the Microsoft 365 app settings and options. Microsoft reference ↗
Walk through the operation
- Finish any cell edit.
- Use the listed key sequence.
- Review a setting, then cancel if you do not want to change it.
Instruction 1 of 3: Finish any cell edit.
Expected result: The Excel Options dialog opens.
Recall the keys
Which listed Windows combination or sequence starts this operation in the context above?
Related walkthroughs
Browse all shortcut references →Catalog updated 2026-10-18. US keyboard notation: + joins held keys; commas separate successive presses. Function keys may require Fn. Desktop instructions are separate from this browser's own keyboard shortcuts.