It will normally move to the cell underneath it, but you can change the settings in Excel so that it does not do that.
Which of the following is a number that can be entered into a cell?
Pressing the F2 key will start editing the active cell.
If you have more than one cell selected and type something and then press Ctrl-Enter, it will put what is typed into all the selected cells. So it can be used as a quick way of filling a lot of cells or copying a formula into a range when it is entered, rather than copying it separately afterwards. If just one cell is selected, then after pressing Ctrl-Enter the same still will still be active, rather than moving to a different cell.
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pressing the exc key.
Pressing Enter will put whatever you have been typing into the cell and exit you from Edit mode.
Normally into the cell directly below it. You can change settings to make it go somewhere else or stay in the cell. Pressing Ctrl-Enter will always stay in the same cell.
In Microsoft Excel, text can be entered directly into a cell and in the formula bar. Whichever you enter it into, it will show in both as you enter it, so it cannot be in one and not the other. The formula bar shows the content of the active cell, so naturally as you type it will appear in both.
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Press and hold the Ctrl key when pressing Enter. Your formula will be entered, and the cell it is in will remain the active cell. It also has another use in that if you select a range of cells and type a formula into one and then press Ctrl-Enter, it will fill all selected cells with the formula or whatever else you have typed in, saving you having to copy it to them. The active cell will also stay the same.
Pressing the Alt - Enter key combination will start a new line in the same cell.
A cell pointer in excel is just the cell where you point the cursor in which its row and column can be seen is called a cell pointer.