excel skips to another workbook for no apparent reason

Anonymous
2015-01-24T17:08:03+00:00

Quite often when I try to make an entry into a cell excel appears to freeze.  If I hit the enter button it skips to a different workbook.  There are no links between the two workbooks.  This has been happening for some time and is very annoying.

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-07-17T12:56:06+00:00

    I have dealt with problem for as long as I can remember.  Very aggravating!

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-03-20T02:05:42+00:00

    Hi everyone...

    I have just discovered a work around for this problem.

    For the last few hours excel has been jumping worksheets almost every time I hit enter.

    You can guess I feel like smashing my computer when it gets this bad well...

    I have at present four workbooks open (of course that's my prerogative), all of them are full screen.

    I was getting really annoyed with Micosoft when, I restored down the workbook it was jumping to... and guess what?

    It stopped jumping... I am only guessing here... but try keeping the workbook you are working on full screen and restore down all other workbooks.

    If that doesn't work... you won't hear from me again because I will have smashed my computer.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-02-11T07:11:29+00:00

    Hello,

    Welcome to Microsoft Community and thank you for posting your query.

    Let me assist you with Excel issue.

    Few more details would help us to provide a better response.

    Is your computer connected to a domain or network?

    Do you use a 32bit or 64bit version of Excel 2013?

    Did you install a MSI based version of Office 2013 or ‘Click to Run’ version of office 2013?

    You may start Excel application in its safe mode and check if it works as expected.

    Press the ‘Windows + R’ key on the keyboard.

    In the ‘Run’ window type Excel /safe and press ‘enter’.

    Note: there is a space between the word Excel and the /

    If Excel works as expected in application safe mode, then disable the add-in(s) by following the steps below and verify the status.

    http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/support/why-cant-i-start-my-office-2013-application-HA104011864.aspX

    I hope the above information helps. Let us know if you need further assistance.

    Thank you.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-03-26T20:41:15+00:00

    This is more of a workaround to the problem. Unfortunately I don't have an actual fix. Isadore's link below is also very useful if you prefer not using the run -> Excel /x switch each time to open up a new workbook.

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3165211/how-to-force-excel-to-open-in-a-new-instance-by-default

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-08-22T18:14:09+00:00

    Chris,

    This is my problem exactly. I'm using Windows 8.  I have never been able to solve it. 

    I'm about to start using a different laptop, so it will be interesting to see if it still occurs.

    John

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