Can+You+Please+Repeat+That?

F4

Can You Please Repeat That? This is a great keyboard shortcut for repetitive tasks. It works great in MS Word and Excel, limited success PowerPoint with no such luck in MS Outlook or Outlook Express.

The F4 key is set to repeat the last action. Literally, if you simply hit the F4 key, the program will repeat the last action you completed. That is it.

Ideas for MS Excel: Let's say, for example, you've just inserted a row or column in Excel using the Insert menu. If you then click F4, you'll get a second row or column inserted, without all the menu work. Or, with that same example (inserting a row or column), you could move to another part of the worksheet, again click F4 and have a new row or column inserted in the new location.

Repeatedly pressing the F4 key will continue to repeat the last action, allowing you to insert multiple rows or columns quickly and efficiently.

Ideas for MS Word: In Word, the F4 key repeats text formatting, line spacing, text colour changes, indenting, font changes and more.

Drawing With the drawing tools is an excellent way to repeat things, without needing the buttons and menus constantly. F4 key would duplicate a newly drawn shape, repeat a fill colour change in a newly selected shape, change line size and colour and so on. The key thing to remember is that it repeats the last action you did. So, if you last drew a circle, it will immediately draw a duplicate circle.  