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Mac Excel Scrolling issue

Anonymous
2024-01-02T22:57:23+00:00

Hello.

I'm using excel and having an issue with scrolling causing highlighted cells to "unhighlight." When I double click into a formula and want to see all cells that the formula refers to, normally they highlight on windows, even when scrolling. On my Mac, they highlight at first, but as soon as I start to scroll, the highlight disappears. It just slows me down, which is annoying. Hoping there is some sort of setting I missed that would stop this from happening.

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  1. Bob Jones AKA CyberTaz MVP 436K Reputation points
    2024-01-06T02:49:24+00:00

    Not to be dismissive of your issue but I can't reproduce this using Office 16.80 on Ventura 13.6.3 or on earlier combinations. Neither have I ever seen any similar complaints.

    Are you using any 3rd party add-ins or utilities even if not Excel-specific?

    Have you tried running Excel after starting the Mac in Safe Mode?

    BTW: Trace Precedents/Dependents is not a workaround 🙂 It's a feature of Excel provide expressly for that purpose, although I can appreciate your preference for the method you described.

    It should be noted that clicking the arrows navigates between the connected cells on the same sheet The feature is especially useful when tracing formula links between sheets by showing the referenced sheet & cell in the Formula Bar & clicking the arrow produces the GoTo dialog.

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  2. Jim G 134K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2024-01-05T16:57:14+00:00

    Hi

    I am not able to reproduce this problem. Can you provide an example?

    Why a sample file is important for troubleshooting - - - - - - - and how to do it.

    Please also describe your display hardware.

    Thanks

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-01-04T02:53:57+00:00

    I will keep on monitor it, if anyone share us the solution of it. I will share with you.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-01-03T20:54:17+00:00

    Thank you. That is a good work around, but it is still annoying that this is functioning this way.

    Excel version is: 16.80, but it has happened for the past year and I'm just tired of it, so its persisted through updates. This Mac is on Monterey, my other one is on Yosemite. Both M1 Macs. Both exhibit the same behavior.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-01-03T07:14:51+00:00

    I have tried on my mac machine. I cannot reproduce your issue at my side. Could you share us your Excel version and mac version?

    As workaround, you may try the Trace Precedents feature to highlight the reference cells.

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