Tables · original practice scenario
Select an Excel Table data row from its first cell
A structured Table spans B:F; row 8 is the expense record to inspect.
Start here: Windows worksheet; active cell is the first data cell in an Excel Table row
This is not the Shift+Space command that selects an entire worksheet row.
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
The starting cell matters: Microsoft specifies the first cell of the Table row for this selection.
Ctrl+Shift+Right
Select a table row. Microsoft reference ↗
Walk through the operation
- Click B8, the first Table data cell in that row.
- Press Ctrl+Shift+Right.
Instruction 1 of 2: Click B8, the first Table data cell in that row.
Expected result: The data cells of that Table row are selected.
Recall the keys
Which listed Windows combination or sequence starts this operation in the context above?
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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.