- #DELL HOW TO TURN OFF SCROLL LOCK HOW TO#
- #DELL HOW TO TURN OFF SCROLL LOCK PC#
- #DELL HOW TO TURN OFF SCROLL LOCK WINDOWS#
If you are working on a smaller keyboard that does not have the F14 key, you can try to remove Scroll Lock by running this AppleScript that emulates the Shift + F14 keystroke. Depending on your settings, you may need to press the CONTROL or OPTION or COMMAND (⌘) key instead of the SHIFT key. If F14 exists on your keyboard, but there is no Fn key, use the Shift + F14 shortcut to toggle the Scroll Lock on or off.
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On the Apple Extended Keyboard, press the F14 key, which is an analogue of the Scroll Lock key on a PC keyboard.
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How to remove Scroll Lock in Excel for Mac If the address does not change and the arrow key scrolls the whole worksheet, it's safe to assume that Scroll Lock is enabled. So, how can you know that Scroll Lock is on? Press any arrow key and watch the address in the name box. Unlike Excel for Windows, Excel for Mac does not show Scroll Lock in the status bar. To close the on-screen keyboard, click the X button in the upper-right corner.
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On Windows 7Ĭlick Start > All Programs > Accessories > Ease of Access > On-Screen Keyboard. On Windows 8.1Ĭlick Start, press Ctrl + C to display the Charms bar, then click Change PC Settings > Ease of Access > Keyboard > On Screen Keyboard slider button. If it is blue, Scroll Lock is still on.Īlternatively, you can open the virtual keyboard in the following ways: On Windows 10Ĭlick Start > Settings > Ease of Access > Keyboard, and then click the On-Screen Keyboard slider button. You'll know that Scroll Lock is disabled when the ScrLk key returns to dark-grey.
Usually, it is sufficient to type the first two characters for the On-Screen Keyboard app to appear at the top of the search results.
If your arrow keys scroll the whole sheet instead of moving to the next cell but the Excel status bar has no indication of Scroll Lock, most likely your status bar was customized not to display the Scroll Lock status. Among other useful things (such as page numbers average, sum and count of selected cells), the status bar shows if Scroll Lock is on: To see whether the Scroll Lock is turned on, just look at the status bar at the bottom of the Excel window. How to determine that Scroll Lock is enabled When the worksheet is scrolled, the current selection (a cell or range) does not change. However, when the Scroll Lock is enabled in Excel, arrow keys scroll the worksheet area: one row up and down or one column to the left or right. Usually, when the Scroll Lock is disabled, arrow keys move you between individual cells in any direction: up, down, left or right. Scroll Lock is the feature that controls the behavior of the arrow keys in Excel.
How to determine that Scroll Lock is on.You have just accidentally turned Scroll Lock on, and this can be easily fixed. You are working on a spreadsheet normally when all of a sudden you notice that you cannot move from cell to cell - instead of getting to the next cell, the arrow keys scroll the whole worksheet.