The next thing I'd try is to turn off all the visible toolbars and add them back
one at a time.
Tools|Customize
(keep track of all the ones that are checked)
Uncheck all of them except worksheet menu bar
Then try the alt-e combination.
If it doesn't work, look for problem on that worksheet menu bar.
If it works ok, add a toolbar and try it again.
Lather, rinse, repeat.
Dave Peterson wrote:
So when you hit alt-e and then enter, what happened?
If you hit alt-e twice, then enter, what happened?
Pete Rooney wrote:
Dave (and all),
Nope, I'm afraid I haven't added any additional menu commands. It's just the
standard Worksheet menu.
I'm stumped.
Pete
:
Hit alt-e to see the Edit option depressed.
Hit alt-e again and edit won't be depressed.
You can look at all the toolbars to see if there's another icon depressed or hit
enter to see if it opens up a dropdown/menu/dialog....
(I'll bet dollar to doughnuts you've got two icons with the same accelerator
key.)
Pete Rooney wrote:
Shane, Jim,
No new menu items were added onto the menu bar.
When I do Alt-E, it just highlights the "Edit" command and i have to press
[Enter] to see the "Edit" sub commands.
Doesn't sound like much of a problem, but when you're keyboard bound like me
for adding & deleting rows, columns and cell, having to add an extra [Enter]
in the mioddle is a real bind!
The only other thing that happened in our world between it working and not
was a change to group policies affecting the running of macros - not sure if
that rings a bell with anyone..?
Oh, and by the way, it's not specific to any one worksheet - it does it as
soon as Excel opens.
Thanks for your help
Pete
:
Expanding on Jim's comment - I you or someone has added a new menu item to
the Worksheet Menu Bar and it has the shortcut key Alt+E then there is a
problem. Simplest way around this is to change the shortcut for the new
command - choose View, Toolbar, Customize. Then right click the menu command
and in the Name property on the shortcut menu put the & sign in front of a
letter other than E (in front of a letter not being used by one of the other
menu items.
--
Cheers,
Shane Devenshire
Microsoft Excel MVP
:
That can happen when there is more than one menu item with the
same accelerator key. Have you added something to the menu bar?
Repeat the Alt + E keystrokes and see what gets highlighted.
--
Jim Cone
Portland, Oregon USA
http://www.realezsites.com/bus/primitivesoftware
(Excel Add-ins / Excel Programming)
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Good afternoon, all,
Until yesterday, Alt-E displayed the "Edit" submenu in Excel. Now, it just
highlights the "Edit" menu command in the menu bar and I have to press
[Enter] to siaply the Edit submenu.
Could anyone offer a suggestion as to why this might be? All the other
commands (File, View, Insert etc) work fine!
Thanks in advance
Pete
