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I've done something that changed the way the cursor moves within the spreadsheet, and I don't know what I did or how to return it to normal movement.
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Look in Tools -> Options -> Edit tab -> Move selection after Enter Direction:
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My problem was solved by turning off "scroll lock", which I'd apparently inadvertently turned on. It's amazing how convoluted and unhelpful MS "Help" is!
Indeed - the scroll ScrLk key was a culprit in my case so when the arrow keys suddenly move the entire page up-down; left-right then deactivate the ScrLk key to enable moving the cursor within a wsheet. Thanks!
I'm glad you posted this; I was working in Excel and suddenly the down arrow key no longer moved focus from the active cell to the cell below it. I read a whole lot of forum entries about the Excel Options Advanced setting for controlling the Enter key, which is not at all what I was looking for, before I saw this reply. Pressed the Scroll Lock key, and sure enough, my arrow key works as expected again. I never would have thought of it.
Thanks! That solved the problem.