In order to fix this issue, you will need to tweak a preference in your Excel options. Maybe there are a couple of people still around that might be using this □. Since in Excel, you can use the Alt key to activate the Ribbon menu, using the forward-slash key is pretty useless unless you were a power user of 1-2-3 back in the 80s and still have the muscle memory engrained to hit that slash key to start off your menu shortcuts. ctrl+F will open the find screen, but will not find something that I know is there. If that doesnt work, try selecting a different worksheet and then pressing. ![]() Shift+F10 or Windows Menu key, then Down arrow key or Tab key until you reach the Download option, and then Enter. To fix this, try selecting a different cell or range of cells and then pressing F4. End (then down arrow key) does not bring me to the bottom of the a column. Ctrl+O, type, paste, or select a URL, and then Enter. Ex: ctrl+home does not bring me to the first cell. Excel actually has other compatibility shortcuts it has ported from the old Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet program such as allowing you to use the plus sign (+) to start a cell formula (a useful shortcut if you utilize the 10-key number pad). Keyboard Shortcuts for Editing Data Clear and then edit the cell, Backspace Select to the right by character, Shift + Right arrow key Select. I am running Windows 10 on a Surface Pro 4. In Lotus 1-2-3, hitting the forward-slash key was a keyboard shortcut to activate the application’s menu. This is because, for some reason, Microsoft has decided to enable by default a very old keyboard shortcut from a relic spreadsheet application called Lotus 1-2-3 (from the 1980s). ![]() ![]() If shortcuts dont work as you expect, look in. ![]() Hopefully, you have landed on this page because you are quite confused as to why Excel prevents you from starting a cell value off with a forward slash. Note: Keyboard shortcuts in apps may vary depending on the language and keyboard layout youre using on your Mac.
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