excel wont let me type percent or fwd slash symbol on their own,y?

[bustermove]

i want to type in those charachters but instead of the symol appearing in the
cell, it highlights the menu options at the top (file, edit, fav, etc). it
works if i type in the bar, or i type in the cell-delete- and then type
percent or fwd slash. Microsoft excel 2003

 

[Bob I]

Are you holding down the Alt key?

 

[John Bundy]

Go to Tools->Options->Select the Transition tab, and clar out where you see /
and %, i just have / on mine in the Microsoft Office Excel menu key: box

 

[Bernard Liengme]

Try Tools | Options ; open the Transition tab and uncheck all boxes
best wishes

 

[Dave Peterson]

You could prefix your entry with an apostrophe:
'/

Or you could turn off a setting
tools|Options|transition tab
clear that "Microsoft Office Excel menu key" box