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Hello there,
My problem is very simple, but bothering at same time. I'm working with two big monitors, and sometimes have multiple Excel windows open at same time. The problem is, when I select a cell in one window and the go to another one, the selection from a first window is lost... What I mean, the cell is still selected, but I can't see it any more. Let me illustrate with an example:
I'm crazy? Not really. Sometimes working with big tables, I'd like to select a cell/row/area/whatever and keep it as reference. The old version of office didn't have this problem. It's more, notepad does it good!
Any idea? Help please!!!
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Have a look here FollowCellPointer
The arrows remain visible even when you activate another application.
I ended up using LibreOffice when I need this feature.
> I ended up using LibreOffice when I need this feature.
Wake up Microsoft!
The default feature of Office applications should be upgraded to match the default feature of Window Explorer.
When an explorer window loses focus, the selected cells are still highlighted, albeit in a different colour.
This is how previous versions of Excel used to work, until they "improved it".