Microsoft KB Archive/128478

Clicking Cell Shows End of Cell Contents or Places Cursor

PSS ID Number: Q128478 Article last modified on 05-26-1995

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= SUMMARY =

In Bob Household Manager and Bob Financial Planner, clicking your mouse in a cell sometimes positions your cursor at that exact point in the cell, and sometimes shifts the cell contents to show you complete cell information.

= MORE INFORMATION =

If the cell is wide enough to show its complete contents, clicking your mouse at a specific location in the cell places the cursor at that exact insertion point in the text.

However, if the cell is not wide enough to show all information inside it, clicking the mouse in the cell only places the cursor inside that cell. Then, the text shifts to the left to show the complete contents of the cell.

At this point, to position your cursor exactly in the cell, use the LEFT ARROW and RIGHT ARROW keyboard keys, or click the I-beam mouse pointer at the desired spot in the cell. You may also use the HOME or END keyboard keys to move the cursor.

If you move to a cell using the TAB key, the cursor is positioned at the end of the cell’s contents or to the far left of the cell if the cell is blank.

KBCategory: kbusage KBSubcategory: b_notebook

Additional reference words: kids w_bob cursor position cell accounting spreadsheet

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