can't repeat

[steamy]

Running Microsoft Office Excel 11.0 for Mac on an iMac G4

Edit command, I enter an action (e.g., delete a line) and then
highlight another line and type "command Y" to repeat the command.

It will not repeat the action for me. The Edit Menu shows "Comand Y -
can't repeat" greyed out. Always.

I used to do this all the time, but now I can't. What have I done
wrong?

 

[PhilD]

Running Microsoft Office Excel 11.0 for Mac on an iMac G4

Edit command, I enter an action (e.g., delete a line) and then
highlight another line and type "command Y" to repeat the command.

It will not repeat the action for me. The Edit Menu shows "Comand Y -
can't repeat" greyed out. Always.

Cannot help with the specific issue, but if you want to remove lines,
there is a keyboard shortcut that is the same number of keystrokes as
"repeat", and you don't have to do Edit/delete first.

Simply highlight the line and press control-K.

PhilD

 

[Geoff Lilley]

I'd try a couple of things. Try trashing
~/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.excel.plist. Then re-open Excel,
see if anything's different. Check your amount of memory in the System
Profiler; does it all show up there? You might have a failed memory
module. If that doesn't work, try re-installing Office.

HTH
Geoff Lilley
Microsoft Office Master Instructor (2000/XP)
Apple Certified HelpDesk Specialist
(e-mail address removed)

 

[CyberTaz]

Hello ? -

One of the firs things to try...

Go to Tools>Customize>Toolbars & Menus, on the Toolbars page click the
*name* of the Worksheet Menu Bar, then click Reset.

If that doesn't help, go back into the same dialog, drag the menu item off
the bar & let it evaporate. Then go to the Commands page of the dialog,
scroll to the bottom of the Categories list & select Built-in Menus. From
the Commands list drag a new instance of the Edit menu to where the old one
was & see if that fixes it.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac