# MS Excel 2000 help needed

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-excel-2000-help-needed/186255
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [July 4, 2003, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-excel-2000-help-needed/186255 "2003-07-04T17:00:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Lady\_Venom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9fc348/32.png) [@Lady\_Venom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Venom)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2003, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-excel-2000-help-needed/186255/1 "2003-07-04T17:00:56Z")

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I use excel a lot at work and I just got a different computer. Right now when I press the enter key on the keypad, it completes a cell. I want it to go down to the next cell. Can someone PLEASE tell me how to change it so it does this.

It’s driving my BONKERS!

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### Author: ![cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cynic)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2003, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-excel-2000-help-needed/186255/2 "2003-07-04T17:35:59Z")

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Tools --\> Options --\> Edit --\> Move selection after Enter --\> Direction = Down

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### Author: ![Lady\_Venom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9fc348/32.png) [@Lady\_Venom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Venom)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-excel-2000-help-needed/186255/3 "2003-07-04T17:38:10Z")

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Thank you SOOOOOOO much cynic!!

I looked for about an hour and couldn’t find it.