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
    2015-12-06T15:07:27+00:00

    I have experienced this problem and it seems to occur in workbooks with many sheets. The cell updated is in the last sheet I was in and appears the last active cell there.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-12-06T04:36:07+00:00

    John from NZ,

    So you are now the third person on this thread with the same exact problem. (cshannon on 8/21/15 and me).

    I think that you are the first to note that it jumps to the last active cell on the other workbook.  I think that is the case with me also.

    John R

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-03-04T00:54:19+00:00

    I have been running Excel in safe mode for two days and the skipping to another workbook problem still occurs occasionally.  Excel certainly runs much faster in safe mode, so that is an advantage.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-01-28T08:12:47+00:00

    I am having similar issues although it 'jumps' to a cell in the same workbook.

    I believe there was an Auto-update in mid December and there were a few things Microsoft screwed the pooch on. That update deleted all the ActiveX controls out of my workbooks. I don't have a lot of these types but what I do have are important. It turned out to be an easy fix but it's pretty clear MS let some grade school kids write some code for their programs.

    I'm not sure what this 'freeze and jump' thing is yet but I can tell you I am looking at other vendors operating systems and spreadsheet software for the first time since I bought my 1st computer in 1990.

    On an unrelated (maybe) subject but worth noting  - if you use Office 365, check your Network Resources and see how many connections you have to outside IP addresses for Excel. I found Excel ported to an IP address in Prague this morning. That was the final straw for 365.

    They are not 'always on' but they are persistent and a resource hog. Office 365 is coming off my machine.

    I'm interested in the outcome of the links to servers in eastern europe. MS need to let us know what is happening and why.

    Regards

    Gordon

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-01-24T19:14:46+00:00

    I don't run Office 365 but have a couple of questions.

    Does this occur with a particular workbook or all workbooks.

    Where does it skip to if you have only the single workbook open?

    Gord

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