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Pointer problem
My pointer has changed to a cross. I can no longer use the pull down
cell numbering. A post of July 26, 2003 sounds lust like what is happening to me. Gord Dibben supplioed a fix; ToolsOptionsEdit, check Allow drag and drop....however, the fix does not work for me. Anyone got a clue? Ralphael, the OLD one |
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Hello-
Both Drag & Drop and AutoFill are controlled by that one checkbox, so it seems that something more needs to be known in order to offer a suggestion. Which version of XL & Windows, what do you mean by "pull down cell numbering"? What exactly are you trying to do, & what is happening instead? Regards |:) "Ralphael1" wrote: My pointer has changed to a cross. I can no longer use the pull down cell numbering. A post of July 26, 2003 sounds lust like what is happening to me. Gord Dibben supplioed a fix; ToolsOptionsEdit, check Allow drag and drop....however, the fix does not work for me. Anyone got a clue? Ralphael, the OLD one |
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CyberTaz wrote: Hello- Both Drag & Drop and AutoFill are controlled by that one checkbox, so it seems that something more needs to be known in order to offer a suggestion. Which version of XL & Windows, what do you mean by "pull down cell numbering"? What exactly are you trying to do, & what is happening instead? snip Hello Taz: Many, many thanks for the response, and more thanks for requesting more facts. Sorry my post was not understandable. Here is what I was doing: I was working with a spreadsheet trying to number each line of entry as 1, 2, 3 etc. I put the 1 in row one and the 2 in row two and when I attempted to pick up the cross to automatic number the rest of the column I must have inadvertenly hit a key and a fat cross came up, not the skinny cross I needed. It seems to work like a cursor but I cannot drag down the numbers. The fat cross is also on all other worksheets. It is only in Excel. I am using Excel 2000 and Windows XP. On my knees, begging for a solution. Ralphael, the OLD one |
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Don't panic :)
The 'fat' white cross is what your pointer _should_ look like most of the time. If you want to use the Fill feature, move your pointer to the lower right corner of the selected cell(s). That is where the pointer will turn into the 'skinny' black cross, then you can click & drag to fill. BTW- The 'fat' cross is for simply selecting cells _without_ copying or filling based on the starting cell content. And, if you place your pointer on the edge of the selected cell the pointer will look like an arrow so you can drag (move) the content to another cell. HTH |:) "Ralphael1" wrote: CyberTaz wrote: Hello- Both Drag & Drop and AutoFill are controlled by that one checkbox, so it seems that something more needs to be known in order to offer a suggestion. Which version of XL & Windows, what do you mean by "pull down cell numbering"? What exactly are you trying to do, & what is happening instead? snip Hello Taz: Many, many thanks for the response, and more thanks for requesting more facts. Sorry my post was not understandable. Here is what I was doing: I was working with a spreadsheet trying to number each line of entry as 1, 2, 3 etc. I put the 1 in row one and the 2 in row two and when I attempted to pick up the cross to automatic number the rest of the column I must have inadvertenly hit a key and a fat cross came up, not the skinny cross I needed. It seems to work like a cursor but I cannot drag down the numbers. The fat cross is also on all other worksheets. It is only in Excel. I am using Excel 2000 and Windows XP. On my knees, begging for a solution. Ralphael, the OLD one |
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Ralphael1 wrote:
CyberTaz wrote: Hello- Both Drag & Drop and AutoFill are controlled by that one checkbox, so it seems that something more needs to be known in order to offer a suggestion. Which version of XL & Windows, what do you mean by "pull down cell numbering"? What exactly are you trying to do, & what is happening instead? snip Hello Taz: Many, many thanks for the response, and more thanks for requesting more facts. Sorry my post was not understandable. Here is what I was doing: I was working with a spreadsheet trying to number each line of entry as 1, 2, 3 etc. I put the 1 in row one and the 2 in row two and when I attempted to pick up the cross to automatic number the rest of the column I must have inadvertenly hit a key and a fat cross came up, not the skinny cross I needed. It seems to work like a cursor but I cannot drag down the numbers. The fat cross is also on all other worksheets. It is only in Excel. I am using Excel 2000 and Windows XP. On my knees, begging for a solution. Ralphael, the OLD one Ralphael The 'pointer' in Excel *is* a 'white fat cross'. George Gee |
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