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MS Office Forum / Excel / New Users / September 2004Excel different on new machine
I run XP Home with Office 2002 I have just installed my programs to a new machine. Excel is behaving differently on the new machine: Observed so far: i) I cannot select a cell by moving with the arrow keys. ii) I can insert a calculation, SUM for instance, into a cell and I get a 0.00 result. iii) Format > Cells provides three options, Border, pattern and protection. The old machine additionally gave me number, alignment and font. What have I miised? Thanks, Robin Chapple Hi Robin sounds strange to me ... (esp the iii ) ... can you open excel, go to help / about microsoft excel and retype in a post what you see in the first line in that screen. Cheers JulieD > I run XP Home with Office 2002 > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Robin Chapple I hope that this is what you meant. Microsoft ® Excel 2002 (10.6501.6626)SP3 Cheers, Robin >Hi Robin > [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] >> >> Robin Chapple Hi Robin well that is what i meant but its still sounding very strange to me ... do you have these problems in a new excel workbook or in an existing one? if the problems are in all of your workbooks (existing & new), on the help menu is a "detect and repair" option which you might like to run. Cheers JulieD > I hope that this is what you meant. > [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > >> > >> Robin Chapple I have opened a new wotkbook and that will perform as SUM as normal. The exirting worksheet will no. >Hi Robin > [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] >> >> >> >> Robin Chapple My apology, The first one escaped. I have performed the "Detect and Repair" I have opened a new workbook and that will perform as SUM as normal. The existing worksheet will not SUM and choosing an empty cell and clicking the sigma icon does not produce the selection of cells that I am used to. Thanks for your help, Robin >Hi Robin > [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] >> >> >> >> Robin Chapple Hi Robin i replied to your email ... as i didn't see this post until afterwards, but in addition to those questions did you try Debra's ideas - any luck? how about the other programs - is Word working "normally"? Cheers JulieD > My apology, The first one escaped. > [quoted text clipped - 60 lines] > >> >> > >> >> Robin Chapple 1) Make sure the Scroll Lock is off -- there's a key on the keyboard to toggle it on and off 2) Perhaps your numbers are being seen as text. There are instructions here for converting them to real numbers: http://www.contextures.com/xlDataEntry03.html 3) Your display settings may be different on the new machine. Try choosing a smaller DPI setting -- Right-click on the desktop and choose Properties Select the Settings tab Click the Advanced button Select the General Select a smaller setting for DPI > I run XP Home with Office 2002 > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Robin Chapple  SignatureDebra Dalgleish Excel FAQ, Tips & Book List http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html |
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