Numbers: edit existing data without using the mouse

Feb 25, '11 07:30:00AM

Contributed by: magnamous

Here's how to edit a cell in Numbers that already has data in it, but without moving your fingers from the keyboard to the mouse.

Select the cell, then press Option+Return. The blinking insertion point should be placed at the end of the cell's text.

I don't know if Excel has this feature, but I've wanted something like this for years!

[crarko adds: I tested this, and it works as described. It's kind of an odd key combination, but it works. I tried it in an old version of Excel, and Option+Return simply moves down a cell in it.]

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