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1. Excel how to turn off scroll lock how to#
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3. Excel how to turn off scroll lock software#
4. Excel how to turn off scroll lock mac#

Excel how to turn off scroll lock how to#

Usually, the arrow keys will move you one cell at a time in whatever direction you wish.Next → ← prev How to unlock scroll lock in Excel? However, when Scroll Lock is enabled, the worksheet is "scrolled" instead. The up and down arrow keys scroll one row up and down, and the right and left arrow keys scroll one column right and left. If you don't understand what's going on, this can be quite distressing :)įortunately, the Scroll Lock setting is a toggle, much like Caps Lock. If you have a Scroll Lock key on your keyboard, just press it to toggle Scroll Lock off. Unfortunately, it's harder to disable Scroll Lock if your keyboard doesn't have a Scroll Lock key. The "trick" is to figure out how to send the equivalent of the Scroll Lock keystroke to Excel.

Excel how to turn off scroll lock mac#

The rest of this article explains how to do that on both Mac and Windows. #HOW TO TURN OFF SCROLL LOCK ON EXCEL HOW TO# Is Scroll Lock really on?įirst, make sure Scroll Lock is really enabled. You can do this by working with the status bar, the name for the bottom edge of the Excel Window, which displays various information about the state of the current worksheet. On Windows, the status bar will display Scroll Lock if Scroll Lock is toggled on, and if the Scroll Lock status is enabled in the status bar. Right click the status bar to make sure Scroll Lock status is enabled: If Scroll Lock status is not enabled in the status bar, it might be toggled on and you'll never see it. The Scroll Lock setting here doesn't control Scroll Lock, it only displays Scroll Lock status. Once you make sure that the Scroll Lock status is on, look for the Scroll lock message in the lower left. On a Mac, as far as I know, Scroll Lock status will not appear in the status bar of Excel 2011. The only way I know to verify the Scroll Lock state is to use the arrow keys and observe behavior.

Try moving around with the arrow keys and watch the address in the name box (directly left of the formula bar). If the address doesn't change change, Scroll Lock is probably turned on. Mac Excel 2011 doesn't show scroll lock status anywhere.

Excel how to turn off scroll lock full#

If you're using a full keyboard in Windows – one that has a Scroll Lock key – simply press the key to disable.

#HOW TO TURN OFF SCROLL LOCK ON EXCEL FULL# You should see the Scroll Lock message disappear from the status bar and then be able to move around normally. If your keyboard does not have a Scroll Lock key, you can access a virtual keyboard in Windows via Start > All Programs > Accessories > Ease of Access > On-Screen Keyboard. The On-Screen Keyboard in Windows, Scroll Lock key in white #HOW TO TURN OFF SCROLL LOCK ON EXCEL WINDOWS# Once the keyboard is displayed, make sure Excel is the active application and click the ScrLk key. If you have an extended keyboard with an F14 key, try that first.Ī Mac Extended Keyboard has an F14 key (click to enlarge) The official Microsoft shortcut for Scroll Lock is Shift + F14. If you have a Macbook Pro, or other machine with a smaller keyboard that does not have extended keys, you'll have to go a little deeper. You'd think that you could go System Preferences > Keyboard, then enable an extended virtual keyboard, then use that to press F14. But, after an hour so of fiddling around, I couldn't get it to work, and I'm not sure it can be done. It seems that the Mac is "aware" of the keyboard currently attached, and uses this information to display the virtual keyboard. If you know a way to enable an extended virtual keyboard (on a Mac that doesn't have one attached), please let me know. #HOW TO TURN OFF SCROLL LOCK ON EXCEL MAC#

Excel how to turn off scroll lock software#

Virtual Keyboard, a commercial freeware utility by Corallo Software (14 day trial) seems to work, but I did very little testing.

#HOW TO TURN OFF SCROLL LOCK ON EXCEL SOFTWARE# On Macs, AppleScript is a built-in scripting language that can be used to automate applications and other general tasks. One of the things you can do with AppleScript is send keystrokes to an application. While researching this problem, I ran into a nice AppleScript by Damien Clark here. However, I couldn't get the script work like I expected. I could enable Scroll Lock with the script.