Excel keyboard arrows moving page instead of cell

If you have happen to be moving the page viewed instead of the cell selected in Microsoft Excel, do not panic.

Open the On-Screen Keyboard, and uncheck the ScrLk (Screen Lock) key, and you’re done !

Usually, when you are in cell A1, and you press the keyboard arrow key right

Cell A1 selected

You expect to end up with cell B1 selected

Standard behavior without Scroll Lock, pressing right key arrow with A1 selected moves selection to B1

If, instead, the screen display moved one cell right – still with cell A1 selected

With Scroll Lock selected, arrow keys moves table view instead of cell selection

All you have to do is open Windows menu, enter keyboard in the search bar, and open the On-Screen Keyboard

Find On-Screen Keyboard application in Windows start menu

Here, with the Excel window open in foreground, the ScrLk key should be white, meaning selected

On-Screen Keyboard ScrLk key activated

Simply click on the ScrLk key to deselect it

On-Screen Keyboard ScrLk key deactivated

Go back to Excel, and pressing the right arrow key while having A1 cell selected should move the selection to cell B1

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