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Anonymous Posted on Aug 27, 2013

Cursor is stuck in the middle of the page and will not move to the left side. The back space button or the shift left button do not respond?

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You've probably "frozen" your pane. "Freeze Panes" is a feature which allows you to keep one or more left-hand columns or top rows visible while you scroll through your worksheet.

When you ac

You didn't say which version of Excel your're using, but in Excel 2007, you can either freeze the Row 1, Column A, or any number of rows and columns based on which cell is selected (i.e., where your cursor is) when you click on "Freeze Panes."

In Excel 2007*, the way to fix this would be to click on the "View" tab, then the "Freeze Panes" icon, which will give you several choices. Click on "Unfreeze Panes." There you go.

* The steps are similar in other versions.

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    Victoria Jun 21, 2014

    You've probably "frozen" your pane. "Freeze Panes" is a feature which allows you to keep one or more left-hand columns or top rows visible while you scroll through your worksheet.



    When you ac



    You didn't say which version of Excel your're using, but in Excel 2007, you can either freeze the Row 1, Column A, or any number of rows and columns based on which cell is selected (i.e., where your cursor is) when you click on "Freeze Panes."



    In Excel 2007*, the way to fix this would be to click on the "View" tab, then the "Freeze Panes" icon, which will give you several choices. Click on "Unfreeze Panes." There you go.



    * The steps are similar in other versions.

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SOURCE: cursor stuck in MS Excel

Tools menu.
Options.
Edit tab.
Enable the check boxes for "Edit directly in cell" and "Allow cell drag and drop"
OK.

This might have happened if you had opened up a excel with macros enabled!

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