In Excel why does the / key activate the menu bar?

[Phil McCon]

A user wants to enter text in a cell beginning with the forward slash
character.
When she does this it simply activates the File menu but does not enter the
/ in the cell.
Cant find this mentioned in keyboard shortcuts or sticky keys or
accessibility.
Does anyone know how to turn this off?

 

[Shubh]

Under Tool menu go to Option and choose Transition tab and change th settings
for Microsoft Office Excel menu key from "\" to Blank.

 

[Shubh]

Under Tool menu go to Option and choose Transition tab and change th settings
for Microsoft Office Excel menu key from "\" to Blank.

 

[Andy Pope]

Hi,

This setting can be found,
Tools > Options > Transitions > MS Office Excel menu Key

Cheers
Andy

 

[L. Vasudev Nathan]

Just to add
The reason for / key activating the File Menu, is because, Microsoft Excel
was developed after Lotus 123 was in market. Lotus 123 Dos version had / as
the key to activate the menu. So to faciliate the users who are migrating
from Lotus 123 to Excel, this option was provided.

regards
L. Vasudev Nathan