Kevin,  Once in a while, I run into this problem as well.  Here is how to fix it.

Editing text in cells

1. Have Excel open.

2. Press “alt+f” to open the file menu then press “t” for the options.

3. Press “control+tab” until the focus is on the “Advanced” options page.

4. Press “alt+e” to toggle the “Allow editing directly in cells”

option. Ensure that this is unchecked.

5. Press “enter” to save the changes. Editing cell contents should now work again.

HTH

Marty

Hello, Currently I’m using the most recent versions of windows10, Outlook 2016 and Jaws 2021. I have a number of spread sheets that have a column of cells that I’m unable to press f2 and edit them. The cells have numbers, letters and symbols. Prior to switching to a new laptop I could press f2 on a cell and then arrow left and right character by character and Jaws would say the character. I can tell I’m in the cell as when I arrow left and right the entire cell is read and I don’t move to the cell before or after the one I’m on. I can press f2 on a cell on a different column and can arrow left and right. I changed the cell format to be text and same thing happen. I then changed the format to general and still wasn’t able to move left and right in the cell. Should I use a different format? Or is there something else wrong with the column of cells? Thanks, Kevin

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