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There are specific keyboard shortcuts that can be used to track how formulas are linked within an Excel model. The shortcuts include: Trace Precedents: Press ?Ctrl? followed by the square bracket ?[?. The shortcut takes you to the first cell used by the active cell with the formula.

Check the references When you double-click a formula, it will highlight all of the referenced cells. You can then double-check each one to make sure they are correct.

To use Trace Error in Excel, select the formula cell with the error displayed in it. Click the ?Trace Error? drop-down button in the ?Formula Auditing? button group on the ?Formulas? tab in the Ribbon. Then select the ?Trace Error? command in the drop-down menu to draw arrows to the cells causing the error.

Select the cell you want to trace precedents for. Go to the ?Formula Auditing? group on the ?Formulas? tab. Click on the ?Trace Precedents? button ( or Ctrl + ] ). Excel will draw arrows to show the cells that are used in the calculation of the selected cell.

Follow these steps: Select the cell that contains the formula for which you want to find precedent cells. To display a tracer arrow to each cell that directly provides data to the active cell, on the Formulas tab, in the Formula Auditing group, click Trace Precedents .

Use the Ctrl + [ Shortcut: Another efficient way to highlight cells in a formula in Excel is to use the Ctrl + [ keyboard shortcut after selecting the cell with the formula to show cells used in a formula. This shortcut will immediately select all cells directly referenced by the formula in the active cell.

You can also use the Ctrl + Shift + F5 shortcut to quickly trace precedents for an entire workbook. This shortcut will select all of the cells in all of the worksheets in a workbook, so you can then press the F5 or Ctrl + F5 shortcut keys to highlight all of the cells that are referenced by formulas in the workbook.