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I have lost the text cursor in the excel cells. How do you get the flashing text cursor to show in excel cells again it shows in the formula bar and in other Office apps just not in the excel app. I have shut down, did a Microsoft repair. Changed the mouse settings, used the advanced options in the Excel file options. Nothing has worked. Please help.
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Hello Denise,
After trying it out I found that if the checkbox for "Allow editing directly in cells" is unchecked the flashing cursor is not seen in the cell. When the box is checked the cursor is back.
I hope this helps.
CDN-Carl
installed any add in recently?
No nothing.
when you did the excel repair did the quick or online repair?
The quick one.