unable to enter "/" in cell as 1st character

[RobMlr]

Why am I unable to enter the forward slash character (as the 1st entry) in a
cell?
Instead, it appears to act like the ALT key, accessing the File menus.

[mudraker]

Rob

Under Tools > Options > Transition
you have a setting that tells Excel that the / key = Excel Menu

Use the ' key before the / key
' tells Excel that you are entering text into the cell

or

You can remove the / option

[RobMlr]

thanks for the tip!

"mudraker" wrote:

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> Rob
>
> Under Tools > Options > Transition
> you have a setting that tells Excel that the / key = Excel Menu
>
> Use the ' key before the / key
> ' tells Excel that you are entering text into the cell
>
> or
>
> You can remove the / option
>
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