How do I toggle Scroll Lock off on a MacBook? Running MS Excell for mac 2004, and Scroll Lock is permanently on. It wasnt when I bought it, so somehow it has been toggled on, but I cant find out how.
Tip: To quickly open the On-screen Keyboard in Windows 10, click the Windows button. Begin typing On-Screen Keyboard which will appear in the search entry box. Under Search, which will appear as a list above the search box, click the On-Screen Keyboard search result. When the on-screen keyboard appears, click the ScrLk button.
For Windows 8.1. If your keyboard does not have a Scroll Lock key, on your computer, click Start and then press CTRL+C to display the Charms bar. Click Change PC Settings. Select Ease of Access Keyboard.
Click the On Screen Keyboard slider button to turn it on. When the on-screen keyboard appears on your screen, click the ScrLk button. For Windows 7. If your keyboard does not have a Scroll Lock key, on your computer, go to Start All Programs Accessories Ease of Access On-Screen Keyboard. When the on-screen keyboard appears on your screen, click the slk button. Note: To close the on-screen keyboard, click the X in the upper-right corner of the on-screen keyboard. Troubleshooting Scroll Lock You can tell if Scroll Lock is turned on, because Scroll Lock appears in the Excel status bar.
If you suspect that Scroll Lock is turned on, but Scroll Lock does not appear in the Excel status bar, it may be because the status bar is customized to hide the Scroll Lock status. To determine if this is the case, right-click the Excel status bar.
Look for the check box to the left of the Scroll Lock. If a check is not visible, Scroll Lock does not appear in the Excel status bar. Simply check the box to have the status appear on the status bar.
The scroll lock key can be a mystery to many. Most keyboards still have one although they are slowly disappearing due to atrophy and becoming vestigial parts from a distant past.
I am well-familiar with the “old days” and even I can’t remember a time I ever used it. When is the last time you used the scroll lock key? The scroll lock key? How do you use the scroll lock key? This week’s Quick Tips article will try to answer these burning questions read on What Is Scroll Lock Used For?
In the days before the ubiquitous mouse existed, people used the arrow keys on their keyboards to navigate through their favorite programs. The scroll lock key changed the behavior of these keys. Let’s say you were using a spreadsheet program. Way back when, you would use the arrow keys to move your focus from cell to cell.
We still do this today. But let’s say, for the sake of argument, that you wanted to scroll the entire page? You could still use the arrow keys to move across a number of cells until the page started scrolling, or you could hit the scroll lock key. Once that was enabled, your arrow keys would now scroll the page instead of moving a single cell at a time. This still works today and might actually be useful if you want to keep your hands on the keyboard.
Try it out for yourself. You might find it mildly entertaining. Scroll Lock Remapping Once you have gotten bored playing with the scroll lock key, which I am quite sure will eventually happen, you may wonder if there is a way to put it to some state-of-the-art use.
There is and it’s called remapping. There are many remapping utilities available on the and, as always, some will be better-suited to your needs than others. As with any freely available on the internet, make it your business to do some research and try to find reputable sources. The bad guys are ever-present and vigilant. There are many ways to make the scroll lock key very useful. You can remap it to a single other keystroke or run an entire macro which is a powerful option. The scope of your imagination is the only limitation here.
Think of it as a free macro key which normally only appears on higher-end keyboards. To be honest, I don’t personally have much use for these tools. Not because I don’t like them, but because I haven’t needed them. The only keyboard remapping I ever do is in my all-important gaming environments. Since I don’t use these types of programs I am not a good source for advice on the matter.
All I can do is offer you a couple of choices from a list of highly-rated free tools in this niche:. KeyTweak — You can read about it from BleepingComputer. AutoHotkey — For the most flexibility, based upon what I’ve read, may be a very good choice Note: I have not tried either of these utilities so I leave you to your own devices. There are perhaps hundreds more from which to choose, but these two seemed to be at the top of most lists I saw. Try them out and let us know what you think.
We would like to hear if/how you have remapped your keyboard and which software you are using for that purpose. As always, if you have any helpful comments or suggestions, please share them with us. Hello, I remember Excel reacting as Dan says Today I do not have any Scroll Lock key on my laptop.
I have a cordless mouse but with no battery in it, fortunately the touchpad works jolly good. There is no led to show the keyboard’s state, either, so it is somewhat of a whole topic to know whether I am going to type a lowercase or an uppercase letter. Fortunately I wrote a program for that a few years ago, and I now have that on the screen. I recognized caps lock and insert with it, and did not find how to set the scroll lock mode. There is a “Pause/Attn” key, I thought it was that, but it seems not. When I have time for it I shall try and get its code.