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I use the lt;F2gt; key constantly to enter the edit mode and sometimes I
accidentally hit the lt;F1gt; instead, starting Excel's help feature. Can I make
it stop?

Chip Pearson says that he actually quot;fixedquot; his keyboard by taking that key off.
Others say that they left the key, but removed the spring underneath.

But you could use a couple of macros (one to disable and one to enable):

Option Explicit
Sub disableF1()
Application.OnKey quot;{f1}quot;, quot;quot;
End Sub

This would toggle it back to normal.

Sub enableF1()
Application.OnKey quot;{f1}quot;
End Sub

If you're new to macros, you may want to read David McRitchie's intro at:
www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm

sonic_d_hog wrote:
gt;
gt; I use the lt;F2gt; key constantly to enter the edit mode and sometimes I
gt; accidentally hit the lt;F1gt; instead, starting Excel's help feature. Can I make
gt; it stop?

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Dave Peterson