why would the space bar not work in excel?

for some reason the space bar doen't function when in excel, it works
properly in all the other office apps.

the user says she is using office 2000 on windows 98

thanks

When you press the spacebar, it selects the current cell for editing.
Iif you want to move from cell to cell then press the Tab Key.

"dale" wrote:

> for some reason the space bar doen't function when in excel, it works
> properly in all the other office apps.
>
> the user says she is using office 2000 on windows 98
>
> thanks

That's true, but while editing text in a cell the space bar should perform
normally
Thanks

"exceluserforeman" wrote:

> When you press the spacebar, it selects the current cell for editing.
> Iif you want to move from cell to cell then press the Tab Key.
>
> "dale" wrote:
>
> > for some reason the space bar doen't function when in excel, it works
> > properly in all the other office apps.
> >
> > the user says she is using office 2000 on windows 98
> >
> > thanks

While editing text, wouldn't you use the arrow keys?

"dale" wrote:

> That's true, but while editing text in a cell the space bar should perform
> normally
> Thanks
>
> "exceluserforeman" wrote:
>
> > When you press the spacebar, it selects the current cell for editing.
> > Iif you want to move from cell to cell then press the Tab Key.
> >
> > "dale" wrote:
> >
> > > for some reason the space bar doen't function when in excel, it works
> > > properly in all the other office apps.
> > >
> > > the user says she is using office 2000 on windows 98
> > >
> > > thanks

It works for me.
While in edit mode use the space bar to put spaces between the typed
characters.
Then press Enter to finish.



"dale" wrote:

> That's true, but while editing text in a cell the space bar should perform
> normally
> Thanks
>
> "exceluserforeman" wrote:
>
> > When you press the spacebar, it selects the current cell for editing.
> > Iif you want to move from cell to cell then press the Tab Key.
> >
> > "dale" wrote:
> >
> > > for some reason the space bar doen't function when in excel, it works
> > > properly in all the other office apps.
> > >
> > > the user says she is using office 2000 on windows 98
> > >
> > > thanks

Just a note.
Maybe your keyboard Spacebar is faulty. Tip the keyboard upside down and
give it a good shake to dispel those bread crumbs. Otherwise take it apart,
carefully, and dislodged the dust from underneath.

The Mouse could probably use a good clean.


- - Mark

"dale" wrote:

> That's true, but while editing text in a cell the space bar should perform
> normally
> Thanks
>
> "exceluserforeman" wrote:
>
> > When you press the spacebar, it selects the current cell for editing.
> > Iif you want to move from cell to cell then press the Tab Key.
> >
> > "dale" wrote:
> >
> > > for some reason the space bar doen't function when in excel, it works
> > > properly in all the other office apps.
> > >
> > > the user says she is using office 2000 on windows 98
> > >
> > > thanks