display issue

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citizen_matt

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: Power PC

I've been using Excel 2004 on my home computer, but recently worked on some documents on a different computer where I had just installed Excel 2008. When I went back to my normal computer, a strange thing started happening with Excel:

When I navigate to a different cell with arrow keys, the display stays on the top left area of the worksheet, even if I navigate to a cell that lies outside that area.

If I am working in an area of the worksheet outside that default top left position, and hit return, the display changes to the top left position, even though the selected cell is elsewhere. When I hit return again, the display goes back to where I was. This is now a problem with this worksheet on both computers, with both versions of Excel.

This a very strange, annoying feature, and I can't seem to find anything in the preferences to switch it off. Has anyone experienced this? Is there a way to turn it off so I can actually see the cells that I've selected?
 
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Bob Greenblatt

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: Power PC

I've been using Excel 2004 on my home computer, but recently worked on some
documents on a different computer where I had just installed Excel 2008. When
I went back to my normal computer, a strange thing started happening with
Excel:

When I navigate to a different cell with arrow keys, the display stays on the
top left area of the worksheet, even if I navigate to a cell that lies outside
that area.

If I am working in an area of the worksheet outside that default top left
position, and hit return, the display changes to the top left position, even
though the selected cell is elsewhere. When I hit return again, the display
goes back to where I was. This is now a problem with this worksheet on both
computers, with both versions of Excel.

This a very strange, annoying feature, and I can't seem to find anything in
the preferences to switch it off. Has anyone experienced this? Is there a way
to turn it off so I can actually see the cells that I've selected?
It sounds to me like scroll lock is turned on. Or, did you create multiple
panes and have the panes frozen?
 
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citizen_matt

Hmm, I certainly didn't create multiple panes. And I don't think scroll lock is on, but how would I tell?
 
B

Bob Greenblatt

Hmm, I certainly didn't create multiple panes. And I don't think scroll lock
is on, but how would I tell?
If there are multiple panes the window title bar will say file name:1 2, 3,
etc. If scroll lock is on, you'll see it in the lower right status area of
the window.
 
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Phillip Jones

Bob said:
If there are multiple panes the window title bar will say file name:1 2, 3,
etc. If scroll lock is on, you'll see it in the lower right status area of
the window.

Also if you have an extended keyboard such as iKey by MacAlley there are
a row of three lights num-lock,caps-lock, scroll-lock the one listed as
scroll-lock will be lit.
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