# Excel Question (Popups hiding cells) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 2, 2018, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-question-popups-hiding-cells/805767 "2018-01-02T20:41:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zyanthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-question-popups-hiding-cells/805767/1 "2018-01-02T20:41:07Z")
I was copying and pasting in Excel, minding my own business when suddenly Excel decided it didn’t want to play nice. Every time I moved the mouse to the cell I want to paste, the cell got overlayed with a quick analysis pop-up, so I couldn’t click on the cell I wanted to paste into. If I pressed escape to dismiss the pop-up, it stopped my copy. Can I turn off the excel formatting and analysis pop-ups? I did manage a work around, I used the arrow keys to navigate to the cell I wanted to paste into and then was able to CTRL-V, but that’s a royal pain. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-question-popups-hiding-cells/805767/2 "2018-01-02T20:47:56Z")
[This page explains how to turn off the option for Quick Analysis](https://www.officetooltips.com/excel_2016/tips/how_to_turn_on_off_the_quick_analysis_feature.html). ---
**Author:** ![Zyanthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2018, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-question-popups-hiding-cells/805767/3 "2018-01-03T02:11:34Z")
Thank you, I kept searching for pop-ups and was getting no where.