Excel: Shortcut for {curly bracket}

The curly bracket is a commonly used special character in Excel. In this practical tip you will find out which shortcut you use to conjure up the braces in your table.

Excel: Shortcut for braces

• To write an opening brace on your Windows computer, press [Alt Gr] and the [7] key at the same time. For the closed bracket, press [Alt Gr] and [0].
• Things look slightly different on your Mac: Here you have to type [Alt] and [8] for the opening bracket. The keys [Alt] and [9] make a closed one appear.

In the next practical tip, you will learn how to create your own shortcuts in Word.