Edit directly in Cells

[Steve P]

I am having intermittent (daily) problems with 'Editing Directly in Cells'.
After hitting the [F2] key to edit data in a cell, the edit bar cursor shows
in the cell correctly. But, when I use the arrow keys in jumps to the next
cell to the left as if I hit [Shift][Tab]. I do have the 'Edit Directly in
Cells' checked in Options-Edit. Turning it off and on does not make any
difference. I must use the mouse to select the text to edit. We tend to input
some status language at the end of the task name, so this would be a
productivity impact.

I have researched the web and came up with 2 individuals with exactly the
same problem I have
http://www.tech-archive.net/Archive/Project/microsoft.public.project/2009-01/msg00339.html

I understood the answers, but they did not apply to my situation.

I have a brand new Dell Quad-Core and new install of MS Project Pro 2007. I
do still have Project 2000 loaded prior to the Project 2007 install.

My company has authorized and purchased Project 2007 to upgrade from Project
2000 (yeah, I know). It was very low on their priority. We are also
implementing Project Server. IT has only implemented a desktop-server pilot
for initial testing and development. Full Dev and Prod servers are to follow.
I was having this problem prior to connection to the Server. I am a veteran
project user since '96.


Thanks,

 

[Craig S]

Steve,

I'm experiencing the exact same issue that you describe and it's becoming
increasingly frustrating. The problem seems to be intermittent because I
have toggled the "Edit Directly in Cells" option and this sometimes gets the
arrow keys working again, but I can't figure out what triggers the problem
from occuring.

The version I'm running is Project 2007 (12.0.6423.1000) SP2 MSO
(12.0.6425.1000).

I'd appreciate any tips to resolve the problem.

Thank you.

Craig

 

[Andy Sarkar]

All - I just fixed the problem ... it seems to be an issue with MSP 2003 file
opened in MSP 2007 without version/format change. The best option is to
upgrade the file version format to latest then do exclusive save as, then
close MSP - then reopen. With "Edit Directly in Cell" on ... it will let you
do arrow left right or ctrl-left/right to jump words etc.

Hope this helps.
Andy Sarkar

Steve,

I'm experiencing the exact same issue that you describe and it's becoming
increasingly frustrating. The problem seems to be intermittent because I
have toggled the "Edit Directly in Cells" option and this sometimes gets the
arrow keys working again, but I can't figure out what triggers the problem
from occuring.

The version I'm running is Project 2007 (12.0.6423.1000) SP2 MSO
(12.0.6425.1000).

I'd appreciate any tips to resolve the problem.

Thank you.

Craig

Hi Steve,

It should work as you say. Have you the latest Service Pack installed?
SP2 is the latest - see Help/About.

FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be seen
at this web address: http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm

Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP
See http://tinyurl.com/2xbhc for my free Project Tutorials



I am having intermittent (daily) problems with 'Editing Directly in
Cells'.
After hitting the [F2] key to edit data in a cell, the edit bar cursor
shows
in the cell correctly. But, when I use the arrow keys in jumps to the
next
cell to the left as if I hit [Shift][Tab]. I do have the 'Edit Directly
in
Cells' checked in Options-Edit. Turning it off and on does not make any
difference. I must use the mouse to select the text to edit. We tend to
input
some status language at the end of the task name, so this would be a
productivity impact.

I have researched the web and came up with 2 individuals with exactly
the
same problem I have:
http://www.tech-archive.net/Archive/Project/microsoft.public.project/200
9-01/msg00339.html

I understood the answers, but they did not apply to my situation.

I have a brand new Dell Quad-Core and new install of MS Project Pro
2007. I
do still have Project 2000 loaded prior to the Project 2007 install.

My company has authorized and purchased Project 2007 to upgrade from
Project
2000 (yeah, I know). It was very low on their priority. We are also
implementing Project Server. IT has only implemented a desktop-server
pilot
for initial testing and development. Full Dev and Prod servers are to
follow.
I was having this problem prior to connection to the Server. I am a
veteran
project user since '96.


Thanks,