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What are the shortcuts for copying, moving, changing or deleting text?

Copying, Pasting, Changing, Deleting (Cutting), or Finding Shortcuts

The shortcuts for copying, pasting, changing, deleting (cutting), or finding are:

CTRL + Z = Undo last action
CTRL + Y = Repeats last action
CTRL + X = Cuts
CTRL + C = Copy
CTRL + V = Pastes
CTRL + SHIFT + " = Pastes formula from cell above into current cell
CTRL + F = Finds a word or phrase
CTRL + G = Replace a word with another word

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