Excel: Shortcut Menu Commands Create Unexpected Results

• Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 4.0
• Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, version 4.0

Summary:

Using the Shortcut menu in version 4.0 of Microsoft Excel may create unexpected results when the current selection extends across a horizontal or vertical split. In this case, using the standard menu commands avoids the problem.

More Information:

The shortcut menu is accessed by clicking the right mouse button in Microsoft Excel for Windows, or by COMMAND+OPTION+clicking on the Macintosh. Choosing a command from the shortcut menu while the active selection extends across a split affects only the last clicked cell; however, the entire selection remains highlighted.

Note: This problem does not occur if split panes have been frozen.

Commands available from the spreadsheet shortcut menu include: Cut, Copy, Paste, Clear, Delete, Insert, Number, Alignment, Font, Border, and Patterns.

Microsoft is currently researching this problem and will post more information here as it becomes available.

Reference(s):

"Microsoft Excel User's Guide 1," version 4.0, pages 25, 38