excel wont let me type percent or fwd slash symbol on their own,y?

B

bustermove

i want to type in those charachters but instead of the symol appearing in the
cell, it highlights the menu options at the top (file, edit, fav, etc). it
works if i type in the bar, or i type in the cell-delete- and then type
percent or fwd slash. Microsoft excel 2003
 
J

John Bundy

Go to Tools->Options->Select the Transition tab, and clar out where you see /
and %, i just have / on mine in the Microsoft Office Excel menu key: box
 
B

Bernard Liengme

Try Tools | Options ; open the Transition tab and uncheck all boxes
best wishes
 
D

Dave Peterson

You could prefix your entry with an apostrophe:
'/

Or you could turn off a setting
tools|Options|transition tab
clear that "Microsoft Office Excel menu key" box
 
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