Unable to enter "S" or words starting with "S" in cells

Am working with Excel 2000 (Version 9.0.6926 SP-3)

When entering words starting with "s" or just "s", the entry fails and
brings up one of several menus. The menus vary depending upon how many
keystrokes I have made before realizing the text entry failed.

"S" is teh only letter I have found where this problem occurs.

If I double click on the cell then enter the word starting wtih "s", then I
can enter the text. This is cumbersome and very time consuming.

Please advise

Do you have the same problem with any other programs? It sounds to me like a
problem with your keyboard. Can you try the keyboard on another machine to see
if it happens there, too?

On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 08:21:02 -0700, "cshoskinson"
wrote:

Am working with Excel 2000 (Version 9.0.6926 SP-3)

When entering words starting with "s" or just "s", the entry fails and
brings up one of several menus. The menus vary depending upon how many
keystrokes I have made before realizing the text entry failed.

"S" is teh only letter I have found where this problem occurs.

If I double click on the cell then enter the word starting wtih "s", then I
can enter the text. This is cumbersome and very time consuming.

Please advise

Try another keyboard.

"cshoskinson" wrote in message
...
Am working with Excel 2000 (Version 9.0.6926 SP-3)

When entering words starting with "s" or just "s", the entry fails and
brings up one of several menus. The menus vary depending upon how many
keystrokes I have made before realizing the text entry failed.

"S" is teh only letter I have found where this problem occurs.

If I double click on the cell then enter the word starting wtih "s", then
I
can enter the text. This is cumbersome and very time consuming.

Please advise

Try hitting alt-s and see what item on a toolbar gets selected/dropped down.

I have a couple of icons on various toolbars that have S as the accelerator
key. I hit alt-s and it cycles through those items. (If there's only on item
with S as the accelerator key, then that item opens/drops/runs (whatever it does
when you click on it.)

If that looks like the problem, try banging gently on the Alt keys on your
keyboard (maybe one of them is stuck down).



cshoskinson wrote:

Am working with Excel 2000 (Version 9.0.6926 SP-3)

When entering words starting with "s" or just "s", the entry fails and
brings up one of several menus. The menus vary depending upon how many
keystrokes I have made before realizing the text entry failed.

"S" is teh only letter I have found where this problem occurs.

If I double click on the cell then enter the word starting wtih "s", then I
can enter the text. This is cumbersome and very time consuming.

Please advise

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Dave Peterson