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73 Shortcuts for Excel

Shortcut 7 - Esc - Escape key - Cancels

Known as the Escape key

Location: Upper left corner

Importance: High

Functions:

Closes a dialog box

Exits from editing a cell and goes back to the previous version

Can stop a Macro that's running. Ctrl+Break also does this as ESC doesn't always work

Time saving:

If you're moving the mouse to the Cancel button and clicking it, you could save a few seconds each time