arrow keys scrolling

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Bruce

My arrow keys scroll instead of selecting the next cell, in the
direction of the arrow. How can I make them work properly? Also, the
SCRL and NUM buttons at the bottom of the screen are lighted. How do I
turn them off and on? Thanks
 
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Jean-Claude Arbaut

Also, the
SCRL and NUM buttons at the bottom of the screen are lighted. How do I
turn them off and on? Thanks
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You may have a "Num Lock" and "Scroll Lock" keys on your keyboard,
they'll do the job. On my laptop (PBG4), there is no "Scroll Lock" key,
though :-(
 
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Bernard Rey

Bruce a écrit :
My arrow keys scroll instead of selecting the next cell, in the
direction of the arrow. How can I make them work properly? Also, the
SCRL and NUM buttons at the bottom of the screen are lighted. How do I
turn them off and on? Thanks
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"Control-F14" should do the job (on an extended keyboard - if you have a
PowerBook, it may be a bit different). It should turn off the SCRL green
light and you'd have the normal behavior back...

As to the NUM light, JCA's reply should have helped you out already
 
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Bruce

Bernard said:
Bruce a écrit :


"Control-F14" should do the job (on an extended keyboard - if you have a
PowerBook, it may be a bit different). It should turn off the SCRL green
light and you'd have the normal behavior back...

As to the NUM light, JCA's reply should have helped you out already
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Bruce

Thanks for the advice, however, I have a PBG4 and there is no F14 key.
I have a num lock key but it does not turn off the NUM light. Any
other suggestions? Bruce
 
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Jean-Claude Arbaut

Le 14/06/2005 16:38, dans
[email protected], « Bruce »
Thanks for the advice, however, I have a PBG4 and there is no F14 key.
I have a num lock key but it does not turn off the NUM light. Any
other suggestions? Bruce
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Hell ! I never realized that: the NUM light on screen doesn't switch,
but the NUM light on board does ! So you must only trust your keyboard
light. The CAPS LOCK keys is ok, though. Concerning the Scroll Lock, my
screen light is off, and I don't know how to switch.
MS knowledge base doesn't seem to give the answer: it says to use F14,
but there is no F14. Maybe another key emulates F14 ? I remember one can
do that in X11. And no need to say, Excel help have no answer (not even
the F14).
Actually, I don't even know how one can activate SCROLL LOCK on a
PowerBook... Sorry.
 
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Bruce

Ok, I borrowed the USB keyboard from my I-MAC and used the F14 key and
waalaa! No more scroll light. Now, does anyone know of a way to
change the "highlight" around the active cell?. Mine is so dim that I
have a hard time seeing wher the active cell is. I would love to make
it BOLD or RED or anything except the light blue that it is. Thanks!
Bruce
 
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JE McGimpsey

Bruce said:
Now, does anyone know of a way to
change the "highlight" around the active cell?. Mine is so dim that I
have a hard time seeing wher the active cell is. I would love to make
it BOLD or RED or anything except the light blue that it is. Thanks
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The highlight color comes from the System Highlight Color (System
Preferences/Appearance).

If you don't want to make a system wide change, check out Chip Pearson's
RowLiner add-in:

http://cpearson.com/excel/RowLiner.htm
 
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Bernard Rey

Jean-Claude Arbaut:
Hell ! I never realized that: the NUM light on screen doesn't switch,
but the NUM light on board does ! So you must only trust your keyboard
light. The CAPS LOCK keys is ok, though.
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Things may be somewhat different on a PowerBook. But the standard behavior
in Excel is that the NUM light toggles on/off with the "Shift-Num Lock" key
combination. But the result may somewhat be odd as it's the Windows Num Lock
you're de-activating that way. This means the keys are then equivalent to
the arrow keys. So I guess you'll rather keep the green light on ;-)
Concerning the Scroll Lock, my
screen light is off, and I don't know how to switch.
MS knowledge base doesn't seem to give the answer: it says to use F14,
but there is no F14. Maybe another key emulates F14 ? I remember one can
do that in X11. And no need to say, Excel help have no answer (not even
the F14). Actually, I don't even know how one can activate SCROLL LOCK
on a PowerBook... Sorry.
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I'm sorry, I don't know how you can do it on a PowerBook. Maybe there could
be a clue, as the F14 key on a "Apple Pro Keyboard" is the one that reduces
the brightness on the screen. So, if there is a key combination to reduce
the brightness on a PowerBook (and I guess there is), you could try if
adding the Control key to that key combination does toggle that SCRL green
light in Excel...
 
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Jean-Claude Arbaut

Le 15/06/2005 22:11, dans BED657F9.121B3%[email protected],
« Bernard Rey » said:
Jean-Claude Arbaut:


Things may be somewhat different on a PowerBook. But the standard behavior
in Excel is that the NUM light toggles on/off with the "Shift-Num Lock" key
combination. But the result may somewhat be odd as it's the Windows Num Lock
you're de-activating that way. This means the keys are then equivalent to
the arrow keys. So I guess you'll rather keep the green light on ;-)
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NumLock is fn-F6, and shift-NumLock does nothing. Not very important anyway.
I'm sorry, I don't know how you can do it on a PowerBook. Maybe there could
be a clue, as the F14 key on a "Apple Pro Keyboard" is the one that reduces
the brightness on the screen. So, if there is a key combination to reduce
the brightness on a PowerBook (and I guess there is), you could try if
adding the Control key to that key combination does toggle that SCRL green
light in Excel...
Click to expand...

That's fn-F1. And no need to say, it doesn't work :) I tried all
combinations of fn-alt-ctrl-cmd-F1, and most of the other Fx keys.
No way.

Just out of curiosity, what does ScrollLock do, on MacOSX and Excel ?
 
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