Microsoft KB Archive/29251

Works: Setting Width and Show Formulas Loses Cursor

PSS ID Number: Q29251 Article last modified on 10-16-1998

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= SYMPTOMS =

When you are in a new spreadsheet, the cursor may disappear if you turn Show Formulas on, set the column width to 1, and then turn Show Formulas off again. When you do this, the width of the column becomes 0 (zero), and the entire column is no longer visible.

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here as it becomes available.

= RESOLUTION =

To make the column visible again, do the following:


 * 1) Choose Go To from the Select menu, or press F5.
 * 2) Type the address of a cell within the hidden column, such as A1 for column A, and press Enter.
 * 3) From the Format menu, choose Column Width (in version 1.x, choose Width), type a number greater than 0, and press Enter.

You should now be able to see the column contents and the cursor.

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