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Matthew Sheets
Microsoft
Apr 13, 2017Editing text in a cell: Ctrl+A doesn't select all; ctrl+backspace doesn't delete
Wanting to see if any other users have noticed, have thoughts around this issue:
When editing text in a cell on Excel for Windows:
- Ctrl+A does nothing (expected: should select all of the te...
Bill Benson
Apr 22, 2017Copper Contributor
Hit crl-home, hold shift, hit ctrl-end. Just a few more keystrokes and easy enough. I use Ctrl to deal with line breaks in the edited text.
SergeiBaklan
Apr 22, 2017Diamond Contributor
Bill, that's what I do every day many times, just prefer Ctrl+End first. Ctrl+A would be much better.