"Stan Brown" wrote in message
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On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:41:42 -0700, W wrote:

"Claus Busch" wrote in message
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Am Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:33:32 -0700 schrieb W:

It's very common in Excel that you go to hit F2 to edit a formula,
and
you
accidentally hit F1 which opens up that silly sidebar. You are
then
forced
to switch to mouse to close it. Is there a keystroke to close that
help
window?

try: Alt + F4

That closes Excel. I only want to close the child window that the Help
facility lives in.

When someone offers you a solution, you might at least try it before
dismissing it out of hand. In this case, the solution you dismissed
out of hand was the correct one.

On my system Alt+F4 shuts down Excel. Of course I tried it before I
rejected it.

Ctrl+F1 worked perfectly to close the help child window while leaving Excel
open.

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W