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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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had this problem new out of the box - no add-in(s)
New Dell OptiPlex 3020 Window 7 64bit office 2013
Excel skipping other open workbook after trying to enter something - then pressing enter
This drives me insane. Is there still no answer or fix? The sheet I'm working in will all of a sudden l do nothing - its basically frozen. Then I go to any other open spreadsheet and type a character (it will let me type in another sheet) - delete it and go back to the worksheet I want and then it lets me use the sheet I was working in to begin with. So frustrating! It randomly happens, probably once per day. I can't figure out why, though.
I normally only have one spreadsheet maximized at a time. Usually only two when doing side by side comparison, so I doubt that is the answer for the fix. It may solve your problem with happening often because multiple are maximized, but it still happens.
Thanks for the feedback!
Chris
I have had the same problem for a while. Early on I tried uninstalling and reinstalling Windows 365. I usually have three or four spreadsheets open at the same time and the problem happens multiple times a day. When is Microsoft going to fix this? Has anyone had any experience updating to Office 2016? Does it do the same thing?
Good day All,
I see we all experiencing this issue for a while. Has anyone been able to solve this issue at all, as i have a client who is furious that their productivity is hindered do to something as small as moving between a cell.
As everyone has explained in the past few posts, the client is in the same situation and is experiencing exactly the same issues.
Please could someone help with a work around?