How to select cells in Google Sheets

You can watch a video tutorial here.

Google Sheets is a popular spreadsheet application in which the workspace is arranged in rows and columns. Each intersection of a row and column is a cell. You may need to select cells to format them or to move them to another location.  

Option 1 – Use the mouse

Step 1 – Select the first cell

• Click on the cell in the upper left corner of the cells to be selected

Step 2 – Select the last cell

• Hold down the Shift key
• Click on the cell in the lower right corner of the cells to be selected
• The cells between the first and last cells are selected

Option 2 – Use the keyboard

Step 1 – Select the first cell

• Click on the cell in the upper left corner of the cells to be selected

Step 2 – Select the cells

• Hold down the Shift key
• Use the arrow keys to select the rest of the cells i.e. Right-arrow to select the cells next to the first cell and Down-arrow to select the cells below the first cell