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How do I disable sounds?
Greetings, I do not want any sounds from Excel. How do I turn them all off?
- I am having the same issue. If I enter "1234" in cell, I receive the voice sound "1234". I have tried the recommendations on this thread (e.g. turned off "provide feedback with sound", proofing, accessibility,) but it won't turn off. Other suggestions?
That is the "Speak Cells" feature.
Option 1:
- Click the drop-down button on the right hand side of the Quick Access Toolbar (QAT).
- Select 'More Commands...'
- Select 'Commands Not in the Ribbon' from the 'Choose commands from' drop-down.
- Scroll down the list of commands until you see the 'Stop Speaking' command.
- Select it, then click 'Add >>'.
- If you wish, you can also add the 'Speak Cells...' command if you want to turn it on again later.
- Click OK.
- You now have one or two new buttons on the QAT: on to turn Speak Cells off, and perhaps also one to turn it on.
Option 2:
- Press Alt+F11 to activate the Visual Basic Editor.
- Press Ctrl+G to activate the Immediate window.
- Type or copy/paste the following line into the Immediate window:
Application.Speech.SpeakCellOnEnter = False- With the insertion point anywhere in that line, press Enter.
- Close the Visual Basic Editor.
- Speak on Enter should now be disabled.
Select File > Options.
Select Ease of Access or Accessibility in the navigation pane on the left.
Clear the check box Provide feedback with sound.
Click OK.
Thanks for your help. I did what you said and I still have sounds when I delete an item in Outlook or do something in Excel. So annoying. I have unclicked everything that I can find where there is a sound notification. What's next? Thanks for your help. Audre
In the Sounds tab of the Sound control panel in Windows, scroll down until you see the Exclamation sound. Set it to None.
Audre575 Perhaps you have "Provide feedback with sound" enabled. Switch it off. In my version it's located under Options, Accessibility. Other version may refer to it as "Ease of access".
