Excel 2010, how to keyboard shortcut to filter dropdown checkboxes?

Question

For Excel 2010, when I have the filter drop-down open

...how do I get to the filter checkbox section via keyboard shortcut? Skipping everything from "Sort A to Z" to the "Search" box, going all the way to the checkboxes.

Answer 1

Quickest Option: e  ↓  

In Excel 2010 (English) you just have to press e to get to the filter textbox; from there you can use the down arrow key  ↓   to go to the first checkbox:

Alternative Option

Shift+Tab

Shift+Tab

Shift+Tab

(as mentioned by @Sean_Cheshire) - this goes "backwards" from the first entry over "Cancel" and "OK" to the first (sic!) checkbox.

Related Question: How to open the filter drop-down

The question above is about how to move inside the filter drop-down. To open the filter drop-down, you have one or two options:

• For any filter: As @Juhi and @Josh have pointed out, you can open said menu with the keyboard when the column heading cell (where you would click to open the drop-down) is selected by typing Alt+ ↓  .

• For tables: If you are using a Table object instead of a pivot table or regular filtered range, you can be in any row of the Table and open the filter drop-down using Alt+Shift+ ↓  

Answer 2

ALT+DOWN arrow key opens the selection box. Use the arrow keys to select an option and SPACEBAR to "check" or "uncheck."

Answer 3

Try ALT+down. It opens the drop down list in filters and cells as well.