For years I have been using Alt+Enter to insert a carriage return (start a
new line) within a cell. Last week I received a new PC and this does not
work anymore. When I hit Alt+Enter it acts like a normal enter. Is there a
setting or something to turn this function on? Thanks.

IBM ThinkPad
Windows XP
Excel 2003

Jim

A ThinkPad is a laptop?

I would look at the keyboard on that.

Excel has no settings to turn Alt + Enter on or off.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:57:10 -0800, JimAtWork
wrote:

For years I have been using Alt+Enter to insert a carriage return (start a
new line) within a cell. Last week I received a new PC and this does not
work anymore. When I hit Alt+Enter it acts like a normal enter. Is there a
setting or something to turn this function on? Thanks.

IBM ThinkPad
Windows XP
Excel 2003

My first guess is that your keyboard is acting up?

My second question is: Does the ThinkPad have programmable keys?

JimAtWork wrote:

For years I have been using Alt+Enter to insert a carriage return (start a
new line) within a cell. Last week I received a new PC and this does not
work anymore. When I hit Alt+Enter it acts like a normal enter. Is there a
setting or something to turn this function on? Thanks.

IBM ThinkPad
Windows XP
Excel 2003

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Dave Peterson

Yes a thinkpad is a laptop. I know my laptop (a Dell) has a piece of custom
software which allows you to specify how certain key combinations behave, so
Gord's suggestion sounds like a good start.

Dave
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A hint to posters: Specific, detailed questions are more likely to be
answered than questions that provide no detail about your problem.


"Gord Dibben" wrote:

Jim

A ThinkPad is a laptop?

I would look at the keyboard on that.

Excel has no settings to turn Alt + Enter on or off.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:57:10 -0800, JimAtWork
wrote:

For years I have been using Alt+Enter to insert a carriage return (start a
new line) within a cell. Last week I received a new PC and this does not
work anymore. When I hit Alt+Enter it acts like a normal enter. Is there a
setting or something to turn this function on? Thanks.

IBM ThinkPad
Windows XP
Excel 2003

Thank you for the help. I was able to locate a "Keyboard Customizer Utility"
program on my PC. I did not see anything mapped to alt+enter. But, when I
disabled the program excel started working correctly again. So, I will leave
it disabled.

Thanks again for the help!

Any idea on how "Keyboard Customizer Utility" was shipped?
and where to look.

Another problem you may have
ThinkVantage Access Connections installed on all ThinkPad laptops

http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/think/think...nnections.html

http://groups.google.com/groups?thre...0 mozilla.org

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"JimAtWork" wrote in message ...
Thank you for the help. I was able to locate a "Keyboard Customizer Utility"
program on my PC. I did not see anything mapped to alt+enter. But, when I
disabled the program excel started working correctly again. So, I will leave
it disabled.

Thanks again for the help!