Cursor will not highlight the selected cell

Question

_{Tuesday, October 15, 2013 3:48 PM}

Hi

When I select a column, row or individual cell in Excel 2010 it is not highlighting as it usually does
Until 5 minutes ago when I clicked a cell it would turn the grey/silvery colour to show it was selected and would have the drag "ear" to drag the formula

I've obviously unconciously and accidentally pressed something because now when I select a cell, row or column, although it is selecting it (the ribbon details A1, B2, C3 etc as i click the cell) but its not highlighting it so I can see where I am on the page.

Any help would be great

Thanks

Steph

All replies (1)

_{Wednesday, October 16, 2013 8:38 AM ✅Answered}

Excel 2010 would not highlight whole cell when you select the certain one. But it works when you select a column, row or select a range.

If you still want to highlight Active Cell in Excel, the following link would tell you how to achieve that step by step:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFngtL2OoWo

Please Note: Since the web site is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information.

Tony Chen
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