Excel bug? cell comments become uneditable
Sometimes the comment of a cell becomes unusable. I can see the comment as a
tooltip if I hover above the cell, however if I select the cell and press Shift+F2 to edit it, nothing happens (the tooltip just blinks at every press). I get this problem periodically for various files, and I haven't been able to link it to any cause. I use Excel 2007 but even if I save the file as Excel 2003-compatible and open it in Excel 2003, the problem remains. This is most likely a bug in Excel, has anyone encountered it? Thanks |
Excel bug? cell comments become uneditable
One way cell comments can be not edit-able, is because the cells may be
protected or locked. To test this: 1. turn off workbook protection 2. turn off worksheet protection 3. unlock all cells 4. try to edit -- Gary''s Student - gsnu200828 "wildetudor" wrote: Sometimes the comment of a cell becomes unusable. I can see the comment as a tooltip if I hover above the cell, however if I select the cell and press Shift+F2 to edit it, nothing happens (the tooltip just blinks at every press). I get this problem periodically for various files, and I haven't been able to link it to any cause. I use Excel 2007 but even if I save the file as Excel 2003-compatible and open it in Excel 2003, the problem remains. This is most likely a bug in Excel, has anyone encountered it? Thanks |
Excel bug? cell comments become uneditable
Hi, thanks for your reply. I have never used workbook/worksheet protection,
nor have I ever locked any cells. Still, I tried protecting and then unprotecting, with no results (I still cannot edit certain comments). I increasingly believe this is a bug, because if I lock a cell, the Edit Comment command becomes unavailable and it's just plain clear you aren't allowed to edit the comment. On the other hand, when nothing is protected/locked, the Edit Comment command is available, it just doesn't work; as I said, if I mouse over the cell, then the comment tooltip blinks at each press of the Shift+F2 keyboard shortcut (i.e. Edit Comment). This may be difficult to visualise - if it helps, I can upload the workbook in question to a file sharing website so you can have a look at it. Thanks a lot for your help. "Gary''s Student" wrote: One way cell comments can be not edit-able, is because the cells may be protected or locked. To test this: 1. turn off workbook protection 2. turn off worksheet protection 3. unlock all cells 4. try to edit -- Gary''s Student - gsnu200828 "wildetudor" wrote: Sometimes the comment of a cell becomes unusable. I can see the comment as a tooltip if I hover above the cell, however if I select the cell and press Shift+F2 to edit it, nothing happens (the tooltip just blinks at every press). I get this problem periodically for various files, and I haven't been able to link it to any cause. I use Excel 2007 but even if I save the file as Excel 2003-compatible and open it in Excel 2003, the problem remains. This is most likely a bug in Excel, has anyone encountered it? Thanks |
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