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Brass Contributor

May 04, 2020

Worksheet Cell Doesn't Highlight When Cursor Is In It

In Windows 10, latest version, when I'm in a Worksheet moving my Cursor around the Cells here's my problem: I cannot tell where my Cursor is because the Cell is not highlighted in a light grey like ...

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Paul_Mellett

Copper Contributor

Feb 28, 2022

The question becomes "HOW DO YOU CHANGE THE CURSOR TO HIGHLIGHT THE CELL IT IS IN?"

hobbyhorse

Brass Contributor

Feb 28, 2022

Paul_Mellett

Thanks, but I know HOW to change the looks of the Cursor--that's not the issue. For example: say you drag your mouse to highlight the word "Cursor" in the above line; it highlights in a certain color, right? What if it did not change color? You couldn't tell if the word had been selected or not. THAT is what's happening in Excel: if I mouse over to say, cell 4D and I get a phone call so I answer it; I come back to Excel when I'm done and can't find where my cursor is because the Cell (4D) is not highlighted. See?

ScannedDocs
Copper Contributor
Apr 05, 2022
hobbyhorse

Same problem, fixed by going to Page Layout, Then clicked on Selection Pane, then clicked on new window on right side where it said Text Box and it showed the cell I was in by highlighting the border in green. Never noticed it was green until today.