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Have you had trouble scrolling through? Excel spreadsheets Are you having problems with your touchpad, keyboard, or mouse? Are there any specific pages affected by the issue? Does the scroll bar not appear on your worksheet?
This tutorial will show you how to fix scrolling problems in Excel, both on Windows and Mac.
Your spreadsheet may have the first row, or column, frozen. This happens if your scrolling is slow. You can release the frozen panes by following these steps.
You can scroll the spreadsheet using your touchpad, mouse wheel, or keyboard to check whether the “Unfreeze Panes” option fixed it.
Open Excel’s View Select the tab and click on Window Select from the drop-down menu Unfreeze Panes.
For easy navigation, Excel spreadsheets have both a vertical and horizontal scroll bar. Follow the below steps to add scroll bars to your Excel spreadsheet. Re-enabling the scroll bars may fix an issue if they aren’t working or have become frozen.
Scroll Lock will disable your computer’s ability to use the arrow keys. Scroll Lock is disabled if you have a scroll lock enabled Excel spreadsheets cannot be scrolled using the arrow keys, Scroll Lock can be disabled and you will need to try it again.
On your keyboard, look for the “Scroll Lock” key (or “ScrLk”) or an indicator light. When the indicator light is on, you can press the Scroll Lock To turn the feature off and to enable your arrow keys, press this key.
Scroll lock can also be disallowed using your on-screen keyboard.
Use the Windows key + Ctrl + O Use keyboard shortcuts turn on Windows On-Screen keyboard.
Alternatively, go to Settings > Accessibility > Keyboard Turn on the toggle On-screen keyboard.
In Windows 10, go to Settings > Ease of Access > Keyboard Click on the toggle button Use the On-Screen Keyboard.
Scroll lock is activated if “ScrLk”, the key with a blue background, has been pressed. Deactivate the ScrLk key To disable Scroll Lock. Now you should be able scroll Excel using the arrow keys.
Excel files can be damaged if you don’t close it correctly, or if Excel is open at the time. Repair Excel files if you are unable to scroll the worksheets after restarting Excel.
Note: It is a good idea to make a backup of your Excel file before you do any repairs.
Excel should wait for validation checks to check for possible corruption. After the operation has been completed, you will see a dialogue box that displays the result of the file repair.
Microsoft Office software can be affected by corrupted or broken add-ins. Open Excel in Safe Mode You should immediately report a suspected bad case Recently installed add-in Scrolling is a result of this issue. You can save the document that you are working on and force quit Excel. Then, reopen Excel in Safe Mode.
Note: Microsoft Excel macOS lacks the Safe Mode feature.
Windows computers can be found her, Start the Task Manager, Microsoft Excel Choose and End task Click the menu at the top.
Keep the press button pressed Ctrl key Click on the Excel App icon. Excel boots by holding down the Ctrl key. You can select Yes Click on the prompt to ask if Excel should be opened in Safe Mode.
Excel is also possible in Safe Mode using the Windows Run Box.
Press Windows key + R, excel /safe Select the option you want to use in the dialogue box OK.
You can scroll the worksheets in Safe Mode if you disable any installed add-ins and then restart Excel. Check which add-in prevents you scrolling in Excel by re-enabling them one after the other.
An Excel worksheet scrolls vertically by rotating the wheel of a mouse. You can use a Microsoft-branded mouse to scroll vertically IntelliMouse, , Excel zooms your worksheet instead.
To stop Excel zooming worksheets while moving the scroll wheel with an IntelliMouse, follow the below steps.
Microsoft provides a repair tool which can diagnose and fix file corruption as well as other issues related to Office programs in Windows. Open Excel, save the files and then follow these steps to launch the Office repair tool.
Reopen Excel after the repair and check if your worksheets are now scrollable. Connect your computer to the internet and run an online repair (see step #4) if you still can’t scroll your Excel worksheets.
Office update installation is possible Microsoft Excel problems fixed These and many other Office applications.
You can update Excel on your MacBook from the App store or by using the Microsoft AutoUpdate Tool .
Contact us to get help with your computer’s reboot, updating its operating system and installing Excel Microsoft Office 365 Support If you have any questions, contact your local authorities.