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# **Confirm and move down**

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

Enter

Confirms what you typed and moves one cell down. Shift+Enter confirms and moves up instead. After a row typed with Tab, Enter returns to the column you started in.

## **More Navigate shortcuts**

- [**Open Go To**`F5`](https://practiceexcelonline.com/shortcuts/go-to)
- [**Go to cell A1**`Ctrl+Home`](https://practiceexcelonline.com/shortcuts/go-to-a1)
- [**Go to the last used cell**`Ctrl+End`](https://practiceexcelonline.com/shortcuts/go-to-last-cell)
- [**Go to the start of the row**`Home`](https://practiceexcelonline.com/shortcuts/go-to-row-start)
- [**Jump to the last filled cell in a column**`Ctrl+Down`](https://practiceexcelonline.com/shortcuts/jump-to-edge)
- [**Confirm and move left**`Shift+Tab`](https://practiceexcelonline.com/shortcuts/move-left)
- [**Confirm and move up**`Shift+Enter`](https://practiceexcelonline.com/shortcuts/move-up)
- [**Move to the next sheet**`Ctrl+PageDown`](https://practiceexcelonline.com/shortcuts/next-sheet)
- [**Move one screen down**`PageDown`](https://practiceexcelonline.com/shortcuts/page-down)
- [**Move one screen to the right**`Alt+PageDown`](https://practiceexcelonline.com/shortcuts/page-right)
- [**Move one screen up**`PageUp`](https://practiceexcelonline.com/shortcuts/page-up)
- [**Move to the previous sheet**`Ctrl+PageUp`](https://practiceexcelonline.com/shortcuts/previous-sheet)
- [**Scroll back to the active cell**`Ctrl+Backspace`](https://practiceexcelonline.com/shortcuts/show-active-cell)
- [**Confirm and move right**`Tab`](https://practiceexcelonline.com/shortcuts/tab-move-right)

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