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# **Enter an array formula**

<dl><dt>**Windows**</dt>
<dd>`Ctrl+Shift+Enter`</dd>
<dt>**Mac**</dt>
<dd>`Ctrl+Shift+Return`</dd>
</dl>

Ctrl+Shift+Enter

Confirms a formula as a legacy array formula, and Excel shows it in curly braces in the formula bar. In Google Sheets the same keys wrap the formula in ARRAYFORMULA.

## **Questions**

<details>

<summary>

### Do I still need Ctrl+Shift+Enter?

</summary>

Only in Excel 2019 and older, or to keep a workbook working in those versions. In Excel 365 and Excel 2021, press Enter and the result spills into the cells it needs.

</details>

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