Cursor Control in Excel

etopro · 01-13-2008, 07:51 AM

Until yesterday, I could use the arrow keys to navigate around an Excel spreadsheet. That is, I could go from cell to cell with the up, down, left, right, home etc. keys. Now when I press an arrow key, the cursor doesn't move, but the whole spreadsheet moves down, up, right, left--depending on the key, of course. What's up? I'm sure the fix is simple, but I can't find anything useful under Tools nor Help.

**Jack.Sparrow** · 01-13-2008, 08:10 AM

Have a look at your Scroll Lock. If it's on, it might be causing the problem.

etopro · 01-13-2008, 12:18 PM

Yep, that's it. Oddly, the Scroll Lock light was off, and pressing Scroll Lock twice turrned it on and then off, but that did solve the problem. Thanks!

**Jack.Sparrow** · 01-13-2008, 09:19 PM

You're welcome

01-13-2008, 07:51 AM	#1 (permalink)
etopro Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 19 OS: XP SP2	Cursor Control in Excel Until yesterday, I could use the arrow keys to navigate around an Excel spreadsheet. That is, I could go from cell to cell with the up, down, left, right, home etc. keys. Now when I press an arrow key, the cursor doesn't move, but the whole spreadsheet moves down, up, right, left--depending on the key, of course. What's up? I'm sure the fix is simple, but I can't find anything useful under Tools nor Help.

01-13-2008, 08:10 AM	#2 (permalink)
Jack.Sparrow Resident Pirate Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Qld, Aus Posts: 17,867 OS: XP SP3/Vista SP1 My System Blog Entries: 6	Re: Cursor Control in Excel Have a look at your Scroll Lock. If it's on, it might be causing the problem. __________________ //PC Wizard//Speedfan//Can you run it?//Posting Screenshots//Posting System Specs//Donations//

01-13-2008, 12:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
etopro Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 19 OS: XP SP2	Re: Cursor Control in Excel Yep, that's it. Oddly, the Scroll Lock light was off, and pressing Scroll Lock twice turrned it on and then off, but that did solve the problem. Thanks!

01-13-2008, 09:19 PM	#4 (permalink)
Jack.Sparrow Resident Pirate Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Qld, Aus Posts: 17,867 OS: XP SP3/Vista SP1 My System Blog Entries: 6	Re: Cursor Control in Excel You're welcome __________________ //PC Wizard//Speedfan//Can you run it?//Posting Screenshots//Posting System Specs//Donations//