# Wait.. Am I Losing My Mind? (Excel related)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-am-i-losing-my-mind-excel-related/512984>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 7, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-am-i-losing-my-mind-excel-related/512984 "2009-10-07T21:04:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-am-i-losing-my-mind-excel-related/512984/1 "2009-10-07T21:04:40Z")

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I do a lot of work in Excel. All of the sudden the arrow keys on my keyboard are not advancing the cursor to the next cell, but rather scrolling the whole spreadsheet! Huh? How? Why? How to fix???

(Please don’t tell me that I’m mis-remembering and the arrow keys have always been this way, cuz I think my head would explode.)

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**Author:** ![pan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e495f1/32.png) [@pan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pan1)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-am-i-losing-my-mind-excel-related/512984/2 "2009-10-07T21:08:31Z")

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your scroll lock is set, press it and unset it.

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**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-am-i-losing-my-mind-excel-related/512984/3 "2009-10-07T21:14:54Z")

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I am so glad that I am imperilous to looking like an ass on a world-wide internet basis.

Hello, Holland! I’m an asshole!!! 🙂

(Thank you sir or madame.)

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**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-am-i-losing-my-mind-excel-related/512984/4 "2009-10-07T21:16:11Z")

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Impervious. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-am-i-losing-my-mind-excel-related/512984/5 "2009-10-07T22:47:10Z")

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[Modding]

Edited the title to make the subject clearer.

[/Modding]

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**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-am-i-losing-my-mind-excel-related/512984/6 "2009-10-07T23:45:22Z")

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> [@DanBlather](#):
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> Impervious. 🙂

Fuck it. I’m gonna start drinking.

:smack:

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-am-i-losing-my-mind-excel-related/512984/7 "2009-10-08T14:01:07Z")

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Some days that’s the only way to come out ahead.

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**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-am-i-losing-my-mind-excel-related/512984/8 "2009-10-08T16:56:10Z")

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Hey, Excel has driven me to drink on several occasions, what’s wrong with just getting a head start? 🙂

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**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-am-i-losing-my-mind-excel-related/512984/9 "2009-10-08T17:31:16Z")

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> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> Some days that’s the only way to come out ahead.

Nah. It just keeps you from falling too far behind in a single day.