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Quick way/shortcut to navigate from the sheet to the formula bar


Is there a keyboard shortcut to move cursor from a cell in my sheet (i.e. cell) to the formula bar?

I have searched SO but cannot find answer.

(currently I leave the cursor hovering over the formula bar and left click mouse)


Solution

  • On Windows, the shortcut for editing a cell is F2 and if you're using Mac then it's Control+U.

    With Excel's default settings, this will edit directly in the cell, the same as double-clicking the cell will.

    If you want to always edit cells in the formula bar, even when you use a keyboard shortcut, you'll need to disable "Allow editing directly in cells" in the settings.

    The actual settings may look different than this image for the version you are using.

    Allow editing directly in cells