
You wouldn’t want to do this manually through the Properties menu! Suppose your workbook has a lot of sheets and you want to remove the ScrollArea scroll lock on all the sheets. The ScrollArea setting is a property that you can set with VBA. Use the dropdown in the Properties menu to select each sheet and change this setting. 📝 Note: The ScrollArea property is a sheet level setting, so you might need to remove this range for each sheet in your workbook. When you delete this range and then close the Properties menu, you should be able to scroll around the entire sheet without any issues. Go to the Developer tab and open the Properties menu.ĭelete any range that appears in the ScrollArea input. If this is the case, it’s like the ScrollArea setting in the Properties menu. You will suddenly come up against an invisible border that The scroll bars should now be visible and usable in your workbook! Turn Off Scroll Lock with Properties MenuĪnother scrolling issue you might come across in Excel is that scrolling and the arrow keys may work as expected within a certain range, but nothing outside of this range can be accessed.
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Check out his post for more details on how to open the Excel Options menu. Click on Options at the lower left of the backstage area.

If your scroll bars are missing, then you will need to enable them in the Excel Options settings.įollow these steps to enable the scroll bars. If your Excel workbook is missing the horizontal and vertical scroll bars then it’s as though the ability to scroll around your spreadsheet has been locked. This isn’t a setting to turn on and off the scroll lock, but it might be exactly what you’re looking for. Turn Off Scroll Lock with the Options Menu 💡 Tip: Use the Ctrl + Win + O keyboard shortcut to open the virtual keyboard app. Click on the ScrLk key to turn off the screen lock feature and the blue highlight will be removed. When the screen lock feature is on, it will be highlighted as blue in the app. This will open the On-Screen Keyboard app and you will be able to use the ScrLk key.
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Search for the term key in the Windows taskbar search and then click on Open for the On-Screen Keyboard app. If your keyboard doesn’t have a scroll lock key, then you can use the on-screen virtual keyboard in Windows to turn off the scroll lock. Turn Off Scroll Lock with the Windows Virtual Keyboard 📝 Note: Not all keyboards will have a scroll lock key and you will need to use another method. Depending on your keyboard, this might also be labeled as a ScrLk key. Press the Scroll Lock key to turn off the scroll lock feature. Using the keyboard shortcut will also turn off the scroll lock. Using a keyboard shortcut is usually the way this feature gets accidentally turned on. Turn Off Scroll Lock with a Keyboard Shortcut

When there is a check next to this option, it will allow the status bar to show you when the scroll lock feature is on.

Do you want to turn off the scroll lock? This post is going to show you how to disable the scroll lock feature in Excel.
