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EXCEL Alt shortcut keys problem
Sergei you are correct, I didn't see any reset navigation other than the editing move direction in Options.
Neither Control Panel Repairs fixed the alt shortcut anomalies.
What Fix tool are you referring to?
Simple repair could help if, for example, you eventually remove / crash some dll or other components of the Office. But it keeps your profile setting and all related registry keys.
On the link Repair an Office application - Office Support (microsoft.com) use
It's also not a warranty but that's most complete clean of previous office installation.
You need to have everything to install Office from the scratch after that.
- NumLock not the issue here. All my navigation shortcuts ([Ctrl] + [End], [Ctrl] + [Home], for example) work. EXCEPT the [Alt]+ [key] ones. No difference whether I use the NumLock versions or the keyboard's dedicated keys.
2d FWIW: After 20+ (probably 27 but stopped counting), full XP system recoveries including software installations and TWEAK.UI registry edits, I've developed many troubleshooting checklists and a wicki file to try before asking forums for help. Added to those checklists during Windows 7 and now Windows 10. And why I suspect that last Windows 10 update broke something. I can reproduce that if to use shortcuts like Alt+PgUp with NumPad if NumLock is switched ON. With that you actually some char, e.g. Alt+PgDn or Alt+3 on NumPad returns char with unicode 9829 (♥).
If that's not your case then navigation keys like PageDown work in NumPad mode, don't know why.
- Sometimes in moments like these I feel like = DATEDIF (DATE (1940; 6; 12); TODAY (); "y") years old
Wish you a nice day.
Nikolino
I know I don't know anything (Socrates) - FWIW, I just checked if my Office 2019 needed an update. Check = up to date, so I'm not missing a patch.
- I hardly ever use Word. Been a WordPerfect user since the 80's.
I've used EXCEL since the bygone era of Lotus 1-2-3. Sorry to hear that. Looks like that's not in Office, more Windows issue. Do you have the same with Alt shortcuts in Word?
I think I tried that but didn't lose my settings so perhaps I'm confusing it with the (2d) Online Repair?
After both Repair options ran, they did NOT fix the Alt navigation shortcuts. Made them worse, actually. Now I can't undo, just get ♥+AC2♥ when I press [Esc] or try to undo/restore the original cell contents in the destination. (And why I tried Alt-navigating a test worksheet)
I still think something in the last Microsoft Update must have broken them.
