In Microsoft Excel, the keyboard shortcut CTRL+E is used to activate the Flash Fill feature. Flash Fill is a tool that automatically fills values in a column based on a pattern that it recognizes in the adjacent column.
For example, if you have a list of names in a column and you want to extract the first name and last name into separate columns, you can use Flash Fill to do this quickly. Here’s how:
1. In a new column next to the column containing the names, enter the first name of the first person in the list.2. Press the CTRL+E keyboard shortcut.3. Excel will automatically recognize the pattern and fill in the remaining first names in the new column.4. Repeat steps 1-3 for the last names.
Flash Fill can also be used for a variety of other tasks, such as formatting dates or times, splitting addresses into separate columns, or combining data from multiple columns into a single column.