Excel: Pressing TAB in Text Box Selects Next Object in Drawing

 Last reviewed: November 3, 1994
Article ID: Q75823
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 3.0 and 4.0
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 3.0 and 4.0
  • Microsoft Excel for OS/2, version 3.0

Summary:

In Microsoft Excel, if you press the TAB key while you are entering text in a text box, you will select the next object in the drawing layer.

More Information:

In the drawing layer, pressing the TAB key selects the next object. To use a tab in a text box you must hold down the CTRL key while you press the TAB key.

Note: In version 3.0 of Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh pressing CTRL+TAB will only add one wide space. In versions 3.0 and 4.0 of Microsoft Excel for Windows and version 4.0 of Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, pressing CTRL+TAB moves to the next tab stop; pressing TAB alone selects the next object.

For information about entering carriage returns and tabs in cell entries and formulas see page 231 of the version 4.0 "Microsoft Excel User's Guide 1."

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Last reviewed: November 3, 1994
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