If that doesn't work, try restarting your computer. If none of those things work, then the problem might be with Excel itself. If that doesn't work, try creating a new workbook and then pressing F4. If that doesn't work, try selecting a different worksheet and then pressing F4. To fix this, try selecting a different cell or range of cells and then pressing F4. If the F4 key is already assigned to the RepeatLast command, then the problem might be with the worksheet itself. If it's not, click the Assign button and then click OK.
In the Customize Keyboard dialog box, make sure that the F4 key is assigned to the RepeatLast command. In the Options dialog box, click the Customize Ribbon tab, then click the Customize button next to the Keyboard shortcuts section. To do this, go to the File tab, then click Options. The first thing you should do is make sure that the F4 key is assigned to the correct action. In this article, we'll show you what to do when the F4 shortcut isn't working in Excel. However, sometimes the F4 shortcut doesn't work the way you expect it to. For example, if you wanted to fill a column of cells with the same value, you could select the cells, type the value, and then press F4 to quickly fill the rest of the column. One of the most commonly used keyboard shortcuts is the F4 shortcut, which is used to repeat the last action. After all, why take your hand off the keyboard to grab the mouse when you can just press a few keys and get the job done? If it is, then it might not understand what you are pressing when you press Alt+Enter.If you're like most Excel users, you probably use keyboard shortcuts to save time. You might also want to try a different keyboard with your system.įinally, speaking of keyboards, you might want to check to make sure that your keyboard, within Windows, is not set to a foreign language. Check to see if the issue is with both Alt keys on the keyboard or with only one. If it doesn't work there, then chances are good that there is a hardware problem-your keyboard is malfunctioning. If the Alt+Enter problem is exhibited on all the workbook on your system, then try using Alt+Enter in other programs, such as Word. Try using Alt+Enter with one Alt key and then with the other to see if you get different results. If it does, how the keys are interpreted by the keyboard and by Excel may differ. (Besides a macro, it could also be that the workbook has a corruption issue.)Īnother thing to check is if your system has multiple Alt keys.
If (1) Alt+Enter works on other workbooks or (2) the problem workbook doesn't work properly on other systems, then chances are good that it is something within the problem workbook. (Get out of Excel and restart it with another workbook.) You should also try opening the problem workbook on a different system. The easiest way to check if this is the case is to see if Alt+Enter works on other workbooks. Next, you should consider that there is possibly some macro running, when the workbook was opened, that is changing how Alt+Enter is supposed to work. You need to do something to cause Excel to believe you are editing the cell the easiest way is to press F2 or start typing something else into the cell. In other words, you cannot just select a cell and press Alt+Enter. Beyond this, you also need to be in edit mode. First, as Mary noted, text wrapping has to be turned on for the cells. There are a couple of things that must be in effect in order for Alt+Enter to work properly. If this fixes it, you are lucky and can go on your way. If that doesn't work, it is best to just restart your system. Strange as it may sound, it could just be that your computer is "confused." (That isn't an effort at humanizing computers sometimes some setting, internal to the computer, can just get out of kilter.) To rule this out, start by exiting other programs you may have open, particularly other Office programs, such as Word. There are any number of things that could be causing this aberrant behavior. She wonders if there is some other setting she is missing that has made Alt+Enter all of a sudden quit working as it always has in the past. She made sure that the cells she is editing have wrapping turned on, but still no luck. All of a sudden this has stopped working. Mary has been using Excel for years, and she often uses Alt+Enter to start a new line within a cell.
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