Scroll Lock

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James Silverton

Please excuse my double posting but I had forgotten that
microsoft.public.excel.misc was still active.

I had never noticed this before, perhaps because my previous key board
that I used with Windows XP did not have a "Scroll Lock" key, but the
key produces some strange behavior, especially in Excel 2010 with
Windows 7. I have been accustomed to entering about 6 values daily in a
financial spread sheet and I move from cell to cell with the arrow keys.
Suddenly the move stopped and the spreadsheet moved instead. It turned
out that the strangely named "Scroll Lock" had been pressed and this is
apparently to be expected.

The behavior of the Scroll Lock is documented in Windows Help and it is
a toggle.
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James Silverton, Potomac

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Please excuse my double posting but I had forgotten that
microsoft.public.excel.misc was still active.

I had never noticed this before, perhaps because my previous key board
that I used with Windows XP did not have a "Scroll Lock" key, but the
key produces some strange behavior, especially in Excel 2010 with
Windows 7. I have been accustomed to entering about 6 values daily in a
financial spread sheet and I move from cell to cell with the arrow keys.
Suddenly the move stopped and the spreadsheet moved instead. It turned
out that the strangely named "Scroll Lock" had been pressed and this is
apparently to be expected.

The behavior of the Scroll Lock is documented in Windows Help and it is
a toggle.
Click to expand...

I don't think I have ever locked the scroll by accident. My most
common mistake is accidentally hitting Insert and putting the keyboard
in overwrite while editing. Before buying a laptop last year I had
never seen a keyboard without a Scroll Lock key. The laptop uses Fn +
F12 to toggle the scroll lock.

Steve
 
Please excuse my double posting but I had forgotten that
microsoft.public.excel.misc was still active.

I had never noticed this before, perhaps because my previous key board
that I used with Windows XP did not have a "Scroll Lock" key, but the
key produces some strange behavior, especially in Excel 2010 with
Windows 7. I have been accustomed to entering about 6 values daily in a
financial spread sheet and I move from cell to cell with the arrow keys.
Suddenly the move stopped and the spreadsheet moved instead. It turned
out that the strangely named "Scroll Lock" had been pressed and this is
apparently to be expected.

The behavior of the Scroll Lock is documented in Windows Help and it is
a toggle.
Click to expand...

Something happened to the content of Stephen Wolstenholme's post and his
mention of Fn+F12 to operate Scroll Lock on his laptop. However, I would
like to inquire about the multiple uses of F12. On my wireless keyboard
it checks the batteries and on my Netbook it adjusts the speaker volume.
I wonder what other uses there are?

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James Silverton, Potomac

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