you can try one more trick
after entering instead of hitting <enter hit <control+enter. the value
will be entered but the cursor will not move



Jerry W. Lewis wrote in message
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Try Tools|Options and on the Edit tab, uncheck "Move selection after
Enter"

Jerry

mitzi wrote:

In excel 2002, after i enter data the cursor will move after a couple of
seconds. I don't press any key. (not enter or tab). Does anyone know
how to
turn this off?