It locks a reference making it absolute to some extent depending on how many times you press it.

Why f4 function in excel not working. Many laptops now have duel functionality in the function keys and you might need to hold the Fn key down and press F4 to get the F4 key function. At the end of the setup it told me that the macros would not work properly. To get to the normal operation of a particular function key look for a key labeled.

As your computer restarts when you see your computers logo onscreen hit Enter or whatever it says to hit beneath the logo. Reason 4 Dont Enclose Numbers in Double Quotes. You can change this so that you dont have to press the combination of FnF4 each time you want to lock the cell.

The problem isnt in Excel its in the computer BIOS settings. Reason 2 Accidentally Typed the keys CTRL. This button is used when auditing formulasIt shows the formula instead of the formula result stopping them from calculating.

According to your description the problem is that when you pick a color from the fill color drop down menu then pressing F4 will not work. I found that if you just pick a color from the fill color drop down. On these types of keyboards the function keys typically do special things such as adjust your volume adjust screen brightness etc.

Reason 5 Check If Formulas are Enclosed in Double Quotes. I used the Share Workbook function under tools. First we need to identify error cells.

The odd thing is that everytime I try to click on one of the macros I get an error but yet the macro still performs the function. On my Lenovo it says. The F4 keyboard shortcut does not work as expected in Microsoft Excel 2013 Excel 2010 or Excel 2007.