Keyboard Shortcut To Open Excel

There's no actual pre-defined Keyboard Shortcut To Open Excel, but you can set your own one up.

Here's how:

Go:  Start => All Programs => Microsoft Office

Then Right click on the Excel entry, and select Properties

that brings you here:

Select the shortcut key box, and press your desired shortcut key combination.

NOTE that it adds ALT to your selection.

NOTE also that this will override key combinations if you are in another program that uses this combination, so choose wisely.

Press Apply, and you're ready to go

Training Video on how to Open Excel with a Keyboard Shortcut: