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Excel Troubleshooting: Cell navigation (not able to move from cell to cell with keyboard arrows)

Issue

When you try to navigate from cell to cell in Excel with the keyboard buttons, the entire page is moving or the sliders are moving.

Root cause

You're keyboard is set to ScrollLock...

Solution

Disable scrolllock.. seems simple, but you might not find the scroll lock option on your keyboard.

Microsoft Support solution

By using the on-screen keyboard you can disable the ScrLck. 

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/turn-off-scroll-lock-a78492cc-c124-4782-a38b-df46669520e0

Some machines or laptops might not have the ScrLck button, then you could use some special key combinations (like fn button on Lenovo)

References

Microsoft

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/turn-off-scroll-lock-a78492cc-c124-4782-a38b-df46669520e0

Lenovo 

https://support.lenovo.com/ie/en/solutions/ht074004-keyboard-shortcut-for-break-pause-scrlk-sysrq-function-on-thinkpad-6-rows-precision-keyboard-thinkpad