passinthru
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I was working on my laptop this morning, when Excel began behaving oddly. I was stuck in a mode where any cell I selected remained selected, as if I had the CTRL key permanently pressed. All of my column widths were also suddenly increased.
I found that other Windows apps were also behaving oddly. I wondered if I had accidentally engaged some "accessibility" mode, where the inputs are altered for people with disabilities. However, I checked those settings in the Control Panel and didn't see anything activated.
A reboot cured the problem, but my spreadsheet is mangled. Some cells which contain formulae are showing the formulae instead of the results, and I cannot format some cells. Text is lower left, and I can't center it. It had previously been centered horizontally and vertically.
Any ideas? I need to get my spreadsheet back in my control!
SOLVED: "Show Formulas" was checked. Interesting - I had not even been on that tab - EVER in Excel 2010 - so I know I didn't hit that button accidentally.
I'd delete this post, but I don't see an option for that.
I found that other Windows apps were also behaving oddly. I wondered if I had accidentally engaged some "accessibility" mode, where the inputs are altered for people with disabilities. However, I checked those settings in the Control Panel and didn't see anything activated.
A reboot cured the problem, but my spreadsheet is mangled. Some cells which contain formulae are showing the formulae instead of the results, and I cannot format some cells. Text is lower left, and I can't center it. It had previously been centered horizontally and vertically.
Any ideas? I need to get my spreadsheet back in my control!
SOLVED: "Show Formulas" was checked. Interesting - I had not even been on that tab - EVER in Excel 2010 - so I know I didn't hit that button accidentally.
I'd delete this post, but I don't see an option for that.
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