Keyboard shortcuts can supercharge your workflow - if you know what they are. Here are the ones I recommend to every user.

Press Alt > W > E > F in sequence (not all at once). This sequence activates the View tab and toggles the Focus Cell. Remembering this shortcut lets you treat the feature as a temporary reading ruler.

I use custom views, the selection pane, clean UI toggles, and other tools to present my workbook professionally.

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