Select one character left
Windows shortcut
Shift←
Mac shortcut
⇧←
Inside a cell, this shortcut will extend the selection by one character to the left each time the left arrow key is pressed.
Related videos
The videos below demonstrate this shortcut.
In this lesson, we review shortcuts you can use to edit cells more efficiently.
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