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Copper Contributor

Jun 15, 2018

Unable to deselect in excel

Yesterday when I selected multiple cells in a Microsoft Excel 2016 worksheet, I could hold CTRL key and deselect the cells I wanted removed. But for some reason TODAY when I hold down Ctrl and then cl...

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hyzenthlay

Copper Contributor

Mar 07, 2019

When is this going to be resolved for Office 2016?

I just downloaded the last update a minute ago and I am still not able to deselect in Excel. Unacceptable!

I generally like Excel, but to have a basic function disappear overnight and still not be restored months later.... no. Plus, now I'm in fear of ever updating again, because... who knows what the next update will break?

I'm *thisclose* to switching to LibreOffice and never buying any version of MS Office again, and that option is looking better and better all the time...

Olaf Hubel

Former Employee

Mar 07, 2019

Sorry for all the confusion around this.

The Deselect feature is an Office 365 (Home, Business, ….) and Office 2019 feature.

This means it does not work in Office 2016. We had a bug where it was turned on for a very short time by mistake in Office 2016. We have fixed this bug, this happend at the same time we also had to disable the feature for a month in Office 365. After we fixed all open issues we turned it back on for Office 365.

The deselect feature never existed in Office 2016 (or any other older version). We created this feature in late 2017.

I hope this answers your question.

Olaf

NickADD
Copper Contributor
Jun 27, 2019
Olaf Hubel Any further word on this? The feature is still disabled for me.
- JHoward
  Copper Contributor
  Jun 27, 2019
  NickADD& Olaf Hubel I am still disable too nothing new.
  
  Trying to find work arounds for times when I used to use it but that is not the best solution... right now
  
  I am going to try to reach out to my IT Person to see if I could just uninstall and reinstall the program while I am on PTO so my work is not delayed
MicrosoftSucks365
Copper Contributor
Jun 26, 2019
@Olaf Hubel

I have Office Professional Plus 2016 and have been using that feature for several months now. Yesterday when I tried to use it, it did not work.

Whether it is intentionally added to Office 2016, why would you disable it? This looks like just another in a long line of examples in which the people working for Microsoft don't give a crap about the people who buy their products.
NickADD
Copper Contributor
May 30, 2019
Olaf Hubel I'm an Office365 Proplus subscriber - I will cannot deselect. Why?
Catalin Rotariu
Copper Contributor
May 28, 2019
Olaf Hubel I have to say ... brilliant answer. Just exquisite.
A bug that uncovered a feature.

Next time some will tell us that a computer could run twice as fast if we installed windows 10 pro instead of home.