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Copper Contributor

Nov 22, 2017

Needless Feature Constantly Interferes with Data Entry While Using Excel

Just working on a simple Excel task.... Hello, I often have to correct data in excel and there is a feature in excel that is interfering with my work. I'm sure that other people that do any kin...

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SergeiBaklan

Diamond Contributor

Nov 22, 2017

Hi Mel,

More exactly it happens when you double click the border around the selected cell. Double click on the cell (within the border) shifts you into cell edit mode.

IMHO, quite useful feature (I mean with border), I use it quite often.

Mel Katanbaf

Copper Contributor

Nov 22, 2017

I'm sure there could be another way to activate that feature without clicking on the border, given that accidently clicking on the border happens so often. It's very easy to accidently click on the border. How about making that feature available via a keyboard shortcut, or right click and then clicking on a menu item...

SergeiBaklan
Diamond Contributor
Nov 22, 2017
It's available: Ctrl+Up, Ctrl+Down, etc. In Excel practically everything could be done by few several ways.

In general right place with suggestions to add/remove this or that feature is user voice https://excel.uservoice.com/
- Mel Katanbaf
  Copper Contributor
  Nov 22, 2017
  Actually its "forbidden"
  - SergeiBaklan
    Diamond Contributor
    Nov 23, 2017
    Very strange. Checked right now from the link in the post - works.
- Mel Katanbaf
  Copper Contributor
  Nov 22, 2017
  Thanks. That page gave me a 404...