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aldekeuk
Feb 14, 2024Copper Contributor
Lotus compatibility issues - / (slash) key not activating menus
Recently my backwards compatibility has stopped working. I use "/ ed" to delete rows or "/ e s v" to paste special values. If i use these after it hit the "/" and "e" whatever I type just gets ...
aldekeuk
Aug 24, 2025Copper Contributor
OK - good workaround. But how do I get the forward slash to work as it always had?
HansVogelaar
Aug 24, 2025MVP
Which version of Excel do you use, on which platform?
/ as menu key still works for me in Excel in fully updated Microsoft 365 for Windows, on Windows 11.
- aldekeukAug 25, 2025Copper Contributor
Same - Windows 11 with Microsoft 365. it was working fine as always and then about a week ago it stopped working.
- HansVogelaarAug 25, 2025MVP
Try the steps in Troubleshooting Excel problems