Hello,

I am trying to use an external number pad on my macbook to enter data in excel. The number pad works in all applications, including word and open office spreadsheet, but not in excel. When I type a number into a cell, it appears briefly in the formula bar and the disappears. If I move the cursor to the formula bar and type it works, but this is of course would be very slow to do. Any ideas why this may be occurring? The fact that the number pad works in all other programs leads me to believe it is some sort of setting within excel that I need to change. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you