# Small but weird Excel problem **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 1, 2003, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-but-weird-excel-problem/204913 "2003-10-01T13:12:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-but-weird-excel-problem/204913/1 "2003-10-01T13:12:23Z")
Suddenly my arrow keys are moving the scroll bars instead of the cells in my worksheet. I can’t find anything in the options that would cause that. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![magog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/fbc32d/32.png) [@magog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magog)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-but-weird-excel-problem/204913/2 "2003-10-01T13:14:55Z")
Is your scroll lock on? ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-but-weird-excel-problem/204913/3 "2003-10-01T13:15:52Z")
Hit the Scroll Lock, that might be it. ---
**Author:** ![magog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/fbc32d/32.png) [@magog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magog)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-but-weird-excel-problem/204913/4 "2003-10-01T13:16:24Z")
Ack - hit submit too quick. I meant, the scroll lock on the keyboard, not in the Excel program. ---
**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-but-weird-excel-problem/204913/5 "2003-10-01T13:19:27Z")
You are both geniuses! and I am an excel simpleton. thanks… if you could answer one more question though? I have my sheet set to print in landscape but it keeps printing in portrait… ay idea what the problem could be there. Last one I swear! ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-but-weird-excel-problem/204913/6 "2003-10-01T13:30:10Z")
Yep it’s your scroll lock on your keyboard. This bugged the tits off me for about a hour last week until I happened across the button :smack: ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-but-weird-excel-problem/204913/7 "2003-10-01T13:41:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cainxinth \* > **I have my sheet set to print in landscape but it keeps printing in portrait… ay idea what the problem could be there.** Go to print preview and use the setup button to check the printer settings are correct. ---
**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-but-weird-excel-problem/204913/8 "2003-10-01T13:44:01Z")
They are… I did some googling and apparently the problem is probally with the printer not excel. I’ve messed around with this thing long enough, I’m just going to call IS. Thanks for your help.