Keyboard problem: kinda Excel-related

[Colleyville Alan]

My keyboard is acting a bit funny. In Excel, when I start with the letter
"g", it acts as though I pressed the "Alt" key instead. I have had this
happen with my laptop at work by accidentally pressing a function key and
then some of the letters become numbers for those who want to use that as a
keypad. But I have never had it happen on my home PC which is a desktop
with a Dell keyboard.

Did I press some funny sequence of keys to get this out of whack? I've
tried rebooting without success, what else can I try? BTW, I've had this
for 3 1/2 years without incident. But in the mid-80's, my
work computer used to experience the same problem. There was a sequence of
keys that caused something to be reprogrammed in the keyboard. I cannot
remember what it was (obviously), but I feel fairly certain that I am
dealing with the same thing once again.

Also, the "G" key works fine here in Outlook Express, it is in Excel where
the uppercase G works but the lowercase G does not (acting like the "Alt"
key and giving me menu access). No problems in MS Word or Powerpoint
either.

Thanks

 

[Peo Sjoblom]

Look under tools>transition and see if the Microsoft menu key is "g"
Normally it is "/"

 

[Colleyville Alan]

Look under tools>transition and see if the Microsoft menu key is "g"
Normally it is "/"

Thanks - that was the problem. I have a habit of turning off gridlines by
"Tools|Options|View|Gridlines" and I was on the wrong tab when I hit the
"G".

 

[RagDyer]

If you do this often, why not just add the gridline icon to your toolbar, so
that you can toggle the lines on and off ?

Right click in the toolbar and choose "Customize".
<Commands> tab,
In "Categories" window, scroll down to "Forms".
Then, in the "Commands" window, scroll down to "ToggleGrid",
Click and drag it to your toolbar.
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HTH,

RD
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Look under tools>transition and see if the Microsoft menu key is "g"
Normally it is "/"

Thanks - that was the problem. I have a habit of turning off gridlines by
"Tools|Options|View|Gridlines" and I was on the wrong tab when I hit the
"G".