arrow keys scrolling

Bruce a écrit :

 > My arrow keys scroll instead of selecting the next cell, in the
 > direction of the arrow. How can I make them work properly? Also, the
 > SCRL and NUM buttons at the bottom of the screen are lighted. How do I
 > turn them off and on? Thanks

"Control-F14" should do the job (on an extended keyboard - if you have a
PowerBook, it may be a bit different). It should turn off the SCRL green
light and you'd have the normal behavior back...

As to the NUM light, JCA's reply should have helped you out already


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Bernard Rey wrote:
 > Bruce a écrit :
 >
  > > My arrow keys scroll instead of selecting the next cell, in the
  > > direction of the arrow. How can I make them work properly? Also, the
  > > SCRL and NUM buttons at the bottom of the screen are lighted. How do I
  > > turn them off and on? Thanks
 >
 > "Control-F14" should do the job (on an extended keyboard - if you have a
 > PowerBook, it may be a bit different). It should turn off the SCRL green
 > light and you'd have the normal behavior back...
 >
 > As to the NUM light, JCA's reply should have helped you out already
 >
 >
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Thanks for the advice, however, I have a PBG4 and there is no F14 key.
I have a num lock key but it does not turn off the NUM light. Any
other suggestions? Bruce
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Le 14/06/2005 16:38, dans
1118759917.376607.215960.TakeThisOut@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com, « Bruce »
<bwl1all.TakeThisOut@mac.com> a écrit :

 > Thanks for the advice, however, I have a PBG4 and there is no F14 key.
 > I have a num lock key but it does not turn off the NUM light. Any
 > other suggestions? Bruce
 >

Hell ! I never realized that: the NUM light on screen doesn't switch,
but the NUM light on board does ! So you must only trust your keyboard
light. The CAPS LOCK keys is ok, though. Concerning the Scroll Lock, my
screen light is off, and I don't know how to switch.
MS knowledge base doesn't seem to give the answer: it says to use F14,
but there is no F14. Maybe another key emulates F14 ? I remember one can
do that in X11. And no need to say, Excel help have no answer (not even
the F14).
Actually, I don't even know how one can activate SCROLL LOCK on a
PowerBook... Sorry.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Ok, I borrowed the USB keyboard from my I-MAC and used the F14 key and
waalaa! No more scroll light. Now, does anyone know of a way to
change the "highlight" around the active cell?. Mine is so dim that I
have a hard time seeing wher the active cell is. I would love to make
it BOLD or RED or anything except the light blue that it is. Thanks!
Bruce

Jean-Claude Arbaut wrote:
 > Le 14/06/2005 16:38, dans
 > 1118759917.376607.215960.RemoveThis@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com, « Bruce »
 > <bwl1all.RemoveThis@mac.com> a écrit :
 >
  > > Thanks for the advice, however, I have a PBG4 and there is no F14 key.
  > > I have a num lock key but it does not turn off the NUM light. Any
  > > other suggestions? Bruce
  > >
 >
 > Hell ! I never realized that: the NUM light on screen doesn't switch,
 > but the NUM light on board does ! So you must only trust your keyboard
 > light. The CAPS LOCK keys is ok, though. Concerning the Scroll Lock, my
 > screen light is off, and I don't know how to switch.
 > MS knowledge base doesn't seem to give the answer: it says to use F14,
 > but there is no F14. Maybe another key emulates F14 ? I remember one can
 > do that in X11. And no need to say, Excel help have no answer (not even
 > the F14).
 > Actually, I don't even know how one can activate SCROLL LOCK on a
 > PowerBook... Sorry.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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In article <1118854004.865560.35620 RemoveThis @g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"Bruce" <bwl1all RemoveThis @mac.com> wrote:

 > Now, does anyone know of a way to
 > change the "highlight" around the active cell?. Mine is so dim that I
 > have a hard time seeing wher the active cell is. I would love to make
 > it BOLD or RED or anything except the light blue that it is. Thanks

The highlight color comes from the System Highlight Color (System
Preferences/Appearance).

If you don't want to make a system wide change, check out Chip Pearson's
RowLiner add-in:

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://cpearson.com/excel/RowLiner.htm" target="_blank">http://cpearson.com/excel/RowLiner.htm</a><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Le 15/06/2005 18:52, dans
jemcgimpsey-FF86B5.10524315062005 DeleteThis @msnews.microsoft.com, « JE McGimpsey »
<jemcgimpsey DeleteThis @mvps.org> a écrit :

 > In article <1118854004.865560.35620 DeleteThis @g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
 > "Bruce" <bwl1all DeleteThis @mac.com> wrote:
 >
  >> Now, does anyone know of a way to
  >> change the "highlight" around the active cell?. Mine is so dim that I
  >> have a hard time seeing wher the active cell is. I would love to make
  >> it BOLD or RED or anything except the light blue that it is. Thanks
 >
 > The highlight color comes from the System Highlight Color (System
 > Preferences/Appearance).
 >
 > If you don't want to make a system wide change, check out Chip Pearson's
 > RowLiner add-in:
 >
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://cpearson.com/excel/RowLiner.htm</font" target="_blank">http://cpearson.com/excel/RowLiner.htm</font</a>>

Or use the "defaults" command line program ? I know it works for font
smoothing, maybe also for highlight color.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Jean-Claude Arbaut:

  >> Thanks for the advice, however, I have a PBG4 and there is no F14 key.
  >> I have a num lock key but it does not turn off the NUM light. Any
  >> other suggestions? Bruce
  >>
 > Hell ! I never realized that: the NUM light on screen doesn't switch,
 > but the NUM light on board does ! So you must only trust your keyboard
 > light. The CAPS LOCK keys is ok, though.

Things may be somewhat different on a PowerBook. But the standard behavior
in Excel is that the NUM light toggles on/off with the "Shift-Num Lock" key
combination. But the result may somewhat be odd as it's the Windows Num Lock
you're de-activating that way. This means the keys are then equivalent to
the arrow keys. So I guess you'll rather keep the green light on ;-)

 > Concerning the Scroll Lock, my
 > screen light is off, and I don't know how to switch.
 > MS knowledge base doesn't seem to give the answer: it says to use F14,
 > but there is no F14. Maybe another key emulates F14 ? I remember one can
 > do that in X11. And no need to say, Excel help have no answer (not even
 > the F14). Actually, I don't even know how one can activate SCROLL LOCK
 > on a PowerBook... Sorry.

I'm sorry, I don't know how you can do it on a PowerBook. Maybe there could
be a clue, as the F14 key on a "Apple Pro Keyboard" is the one that reduces
the brightness on the screen. So, if there is a key combination to reduce
the brightness on a PowerBook (and I guess there is), you could try if
adding the Control key to that key combination does toggle that SCRL green
light in Excel...


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Le 15/06/2005 22:11, dans BED657F9.121B3%b.rey@DontSpamMe.mvps.org,
« Bernard Rey » <b.rey DeleteThis @DontSpamMe.mvps.org> a écrit :

 > Jean-Claude Arbaut:
 >
 >
 > Things may be somewhat different on a PowerBook. But the standard behavior
 > in Excel is that the NUM light toggles on/off with the "Shift-Num Lock" key
 > combination. But the result may somewhat be odd as it's the Windows Num Lock
 > you're de-activating that way. This means the keys are then equivalent to
 > the arrow keys. So I guess you'll rather keep the green light on ;-)

NumLock is fn-F6, and shift-NumLock does nothing. Not very important anyway.

 > I'm sorry, I don't know how you can do it on a PowerBook. Maybe there could
 > be a clue, as the F14 key on a "Apple Pro Keyboard" is the one that reduces
 > the brightness on the screen. So, if there is a key combination to reduce
 > the brightness on a PowerBook (and I guess there is), you could try if
 > adding the Control key to that key combination does toggle that SCRL green
 > light in Excel...

That's fn-F1. And no need to say, it doesn't work :-) I tried all
combinations of fn-alt-ctrl-cmd-F1, and most of the other Fx keys.
No way.

Just out of curiosity, what does ScrollLock do, on MacOSX and Excel ?<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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