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Default In Excel why does the / key activate the menu bar?

A user wants to enter text in a cell beginning with the forward slash
character.
When she does this it simply activates the File menu but does not enter the
/ in the cell.
Cant find this mentioned in keyboard shortcuts or sticky keys or
accessibility.
Does anyone know how to turn this off?

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Under Tool menu go to Option and choose Transition tab and change th settings
for Microsoft Office Excel menu key from "\" to Blank.

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A user wants to enter text in a cell beginning with the forward slash
character.
When she does this it simply activates the File menu but does not enter the
/ in the cell.
Cant find this mentioned in keyboard shortcuts or sticky keys or
accessibility.
Does anyone know how to turn this off?

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Under Tool menu go to Option and choose Transition tab and change th settings
for Microsoft Office Excel menu key from "\" to Blank.

"Phil McCon" wrote:

A user wants to enter text in a cell beginning with the forward slash
character.
When she does this it simply activates the File menu but does not enter the
/ in the cell.
Cant find this mentioned in keyboard shortcuts or sticky keys or
accessibility.
Does anyone know how to turn this off?

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Hi,

This setting can be found,
Tools Options Transitions MS Office Excel menu Key

Cheers
Andy

Phil McCon wrote:
A user wants to enter text in a cell beginning with the forward slash
character.
When she does this it simply activates the File menu but does not enter the
/ in the cell.
Cant find this mentioned in keyboard shortcuts or sticky keys or
accessibility.
Does anyone know how to turn this off?


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Default In Excel why does the / key activate the menu bar?

Just to add
The reason for / key activating the File Menu, is because, Microsoft Excel
was developed after Lotus 123 was in market. Lotus 123 Dos version had / as
the key to activate the menu. So to faciliate the users who are migrating
from Lotus 123 to Excel, this option was provided.

regards
L. Vasudev Nathan

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Hi,

This setting can be found,
Tools Options Transitions MS Office Excel menu Key

Cheers
Andy

Phil McCon wrote:
A user wants to enter text in a cell beginning with the forward slash
character.
When she does this it simply activates the File menu but does not enter the
/ in the cell.
Cant find this mentioned in keyboard shortcuts or sticky keys or
accessibility.
Does anyone know how to turn this off?


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http://www.andypope.info

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