Check the VBE ToolsOptions Editor tab for the correctly selected items.

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HTH

RP

"R.VENKATARAMAN" &&& wrote in message
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Sometimes as you type a key word in vbe the list of properties does not
come
up
for a trivial example after <activesheetand a dot no drop down list comes
..
sometimes if you click list of properties icon(control+J) the list comes
up
and sometimes even then the list does not come up.

when you half type a reserved word one can invoke complete word(A+incon
or
control+space). sometimes it does not. For e.g. if you type <acti and if
you invoke this icon it does not get completed as <activate


any solutions.