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MicrosoftEditing text in a cell: Ctrl+A doesn't select all; ctrl+backspace doesn't delete
FractaLaghter
It is the same for me as well. Whenever I double-click to edit the cell and pressed ctrl+a to "select all" it doesn't work as it does on my other devices.
It produces a sound like a prompt instead of selecting all contents within the cell whenever I press ctrl+a.
This is extremely annoying and it's affecting and slowing my work processes with Excel greatly. I'm Currently running Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2016 (Version 2406 Build 17726.20160) on a brand new Windows 11 laptop (all drivers and software updated), I've even tried reinstalling Microsoft Office after logging in and using the online repair option (doesn't solve the issue).
Can someone help to advise/share a way to fix this issue of not being able to double-click the cell and hit ctrl+a to select all the cell's components to delete/copy/cut.
As I remember Ctrl+A for the cell editing mode was introduced not a long ago. Thus probably it's not for Excel 2016, for the latest versions. I have no 2016 to test.
If someone confirms it shall be in 2016, another reason could be if some add-in blocks shortcut for Excel. That's to try in excel /safe mode if it works or not.
SergeiBaklan
Thank you for sharing your input!
I am not sure if it's not in 2016, I'm sure that I've been using Ctrl+A to select all within a cell for more than 6-8 years by now.
Yes, I do think that it's some setting or something that's preventing it from working as it should like all my other PCs. Because, whenever I press Ctrl+A on my new laptop, there's a "ping" sound produced every time I press Ctrl + A..
Hope someone is able to share their fix or explore together to fix this.