Number Lock/right keypad issue

J

John

It was a dark and stormy night last night when I was finishing up some
business in my Microsoft Excel for Mac spreadsheet. I hit some variety
of keys by total accident, (somewhere in the upper right part of the
keyboard around the F11/F12 and Delete keys, I suspect) and now the
right number keypad of my keyboard is not able to produce numbers.
When one presses any of the number keys, from 0 to 9, it acts as an
arrow function or TAB function, moving the cursor around the
spreadsheet. The other keys around the numbers, including the =, /, *
and other computation keys are unaffected. It's just the numbers keys.

The keypad is unaffected in all other programs, and I can use it for
generating numbers with no problem. It's only in Excel that it's
driving me nuts. It's imperative I get this function back immediately,
as it's brought my working life to a grinding halt for the moment. Can
anyone help me figure out how to restore my number generating
capabilities with the right-side keypad in Excel?
 
B

Bernard Rey

Hit "Caps" and "Num Lock" keys together. This should fix the issue. The "Num
Lock" key is the one just above the "7".

--
Bernard Rey - Toulouse / France
MVP - Macintosh


John wrote :
 

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