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title: How To - Use Keyman in Excel
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---
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## Using Keyman in Excel with the / Key
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Keyboard layouts which rely on the '/' key cause difficulty in Microsoft
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Excel. In order to provide legacy compatibility with Lotus 1-2-3, by
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default using the '/' key in Excel activates keyboard shortcuts. There
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are two solutions to this problem.
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### Solution 1
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Press F2 -- Whenever you type text in Excel using a layout which relies
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on '/', press the F2 key to enter the cell before typing.
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### Solution 2
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Disable '/' shortcuts -- In the Microsoft Office Excel menu, disable the
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use of '/' as a shortcut key.
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In Excel 2007:
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1. Open Excel's Options menu.
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2. Select Advanced.
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3. Scroll down to Lotus Compatibility.
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4. Delete '/' in the text box beside Microsoft Office Excel menu key.
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5. Click OK.
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## Keeping Context in Excel
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The first key typed into any cell in Excel causes Excel to switch input
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into a new window. The switch of windows between the first and second
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key typed will cause Keyman to lose context. Any subsequent keys typed
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will be fine, but you’ll run into difficulty if you depend on the
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context of the first character. To avoid this problem, you need to press
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F2 first before typing in any cell.
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