How to know if the Scroll Lock is Enabled
You can say the Scroll lock feature is enabled (on) as the status will display on the lower left of the Excel in the status bar. As shown in the below screenshot.
Follow the below steps to turn on/off the scroll lock in Excel:
- Make sure the below setting is in your Excel file, which gives a notification of the scroll lock [turned on/off].
- Right-click “Status bar” and make sure “Scroll Lock” should be checked
- Toggle “Scroll lock” on your keyboard, if it is not available use “on-screen keyboard”.
- To open/close the “on-screen keyboard”
- Option 1: Press keys together Windows + Ctrl + O.
- Option 2: Select Start >> Windows Ease of Access >> On-Screen Keyboard.
Scroll Lock – OFF [Default]
- Arrow keys navigate the active cells in the respective direction
Scroll Lock – ON
- Arrow keys scroll the entire worksheet in the respective direction
Scroll Lock in Excel – How to Turn ON/OFF (Enable/Disable)
The scroll lock in Excel is a feature that helps to Navigate through your worksheet in Excel. When the scroll lock is Enabled, the arrow keys allow scrolling throughout the worksheet without changing the active cell.
When the scroll lock is Disabled, the arrow keys allow moving from one cell to another. Arrow keys can be used to change the active cell.
Note: By default the scroll key is off in Excel.
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