Unable to Right Click in Excel

Question

I have such a fustrating issue whereby I cannot right click any of the menu tabs, but yet I can still right click on the spreadsheets.

This is so annoying because if I want to add an icon to the quick access tool bar, I have to search it up rather than just right click and add it.

I am on a Macbook Pro, can anyone help because its driving me insane!

Answer 1

Hi Alfielder,

I am John, an Independent Advisor and a Microsoft user like you. I'm here to work with you on this issue.

I am sorry to hear this is happening to you.

May I know if you have tried any of the steps below?

1. Using Control-Click
   • Place your cursor over what you want to click. Hold the control or ctrl key on your keyboard.
2. Enabling Two-Finger Clicks
   • Click the Apple menu. Select System Preferences, and then open Keyboard & Mouse.
   • Click the Trackpad tab. Under the Trackpad Gestures section, check the box labeled “Tap trackpad using two fingers for secondary click”. This will enable you to right-click using two fingers.

• Place your cursor over what you want to click. Press two fingers to the trackpad to right-click an object. With the secondary click enabled, doing this will open the right-click menu.

If the two steps didn't work, you might need to contact an Apple support for this issue.

I hope it helps you. Please let me know if you need any further assistance.

Regards,

John

Answer 2

I'm not sure what JPV20 is trying to explain but there is no means of customizing the QAT by any sort of right-click method.

Directly from the UI you can click the down-pointing arrow at the right end of the QAT & add/remove any of the items provided in that menu but for any other commands you need to use the Ribbon & Toolbar Preferences pane. Either select More Commands at the bottom of that menu or go to Excel> Preferences> Ribbon & Toolbar - Quick Access Toolbar.

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Answer 4

Hi

Just to follow up with Bob's comment, here's a screen shot showing the tiny triangle that you can click to find the customize option.