Need HELP with Excel keyboard shortcuts in Windows 8.1 Pro

[davehnj]

All my keyboard shortcuts in Excel (F3, F12, etc.) are being intercepted by Windows and giving me options to change brightness, search dialogs, etc.

How do I disable the Dell/Windows shortcuts so that I can continue too use these shortcuts in Excel?

 

[RoryA]

Is it only the ones using F-keys?

 

[davehnj]

Is it only the ones using F-keys?

Yes. The Ctrl and Alt shortcut work fine. Only the Function key shortcuts

 

[RoryA]

Is it a laptop, or do you have a wireless keyboard?

 

[davehnj]

Yes. A Dell XPS-13.

 

[RoryA]

IIRC (I had one years ago) there's an F-lock key on those that toggles them between special functions and normal F functions. You can set in the BIOS whether it should be on or off at startup.