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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.

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 .

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.

Trace formulas that reference a particular cell (dependents) Select the cell for which you want to identify the dependent cells. To display a tracer arrow to each cell that is dependent on the active cell, on the Formulas tab, in the Formula Auditing group, click Trace Dependents .

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.

The feature is called trace precedents and dependents. Open your workbook to a sheet that contains cells with precedents or dependents. Select the cell in which you want to check precedents and/or dependents. Click the Trace Precedents or Trace Dependents button in the Formula Auditing group of the Formulas tab.

Finally, you can use the Ctrl + Shift + A shortcut to quickly trace precedents for an entire worksheet. This shortcut will select all of the cells in a worksheet, 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 worksheet.

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