Hi,
the facts - Excel for Mac 2024 V16.95.4 - Macos Sequoia 15.3.2 - MacBook Pro with M4 pro - 48Gb Memory
The problem ...
I'm working with excel macros (which are quite complex) and have been experiencing a problem with "key mapping" around the CMD key.
In Excel Debug - happily stepping into and over subs (CMD-SHFT-I or CMD-SHFT-O). After a little while (not preceise or similar times) I will press CSI/CSO and all I get is the letter "I" or "O".
At this point if I switch to anything else (Textedit for example) and try and use the CMD key - CMD-C for CMD-V for example - all I get is the character (C or V) and not the function.
Basically - the CMD key no longer works.
I have only one keyboard mapping different from standard Sequoia - Screenshot is now Shift-F15 (avoids a key which I keep hitting by mistake).
The partial resolutions ....
a) If I am "lucky" it is just shut down excel (and quit) and then restart.
b) Otherwise it is completely restart the MacBook.
(a) is a pain especially if I have quite a few "Watches" in the debug window - all have to be setup again.
(b) is just totally Waaaaaaaaaahhhhh !!!
Has anybody else seen this behaviour ?
Does anyone have a permenant solution or pointers ?
Anything else I can check to determine the root cause ?
I've only recently moved from Win to MacOS and I am not thrilled by the idea that I will have to maintain a Windows machine just to edit excel or that I have to put a Parallels VM on my MacBook for the same purpose.
Any and all comments gratefully received,
cheers
Mike.
the facts - Excel for Mac 2024 V16.95.4 - Macos Sequoia 15.3.2 - MacBook Pro with M4 pro - 48Gb Memory
The problem ...
I'm working with excel macros (which are quite complex) and have been experiencing a problem with "key mapping" around the CMD key.
In Excel Debug - happily stepping into and over subs (CMD-SHFT-I or CMD-SHFT-O). After a little while (not preceise or similar times) I will press CSI/CSO and all I get is the letter "I" or "O".
At this point if I switch to anything else (Textedit for example) and try and use the CMD key - CMD-C for CMD-V for example - all I get is the character (C or V) and not the function.
Basically - the CMD key no longer works.
I have only one keyboard mapping different from standard Sequoia - Screenshot is now Shift-F15 (avoids a key which I keep hitting by mistake).
The partial resolutions ....
a) If I am "lucky" it is just shut down excel (and quit) and then restart.
b) Otherwise it is completely restart the MacBook.
(a) is a pain especially if I have quite a few "Watches" in the debug window - all have to be setup again.
(b) is just totally Waaaaaaaaaahhhhh !!!
Has anybody else seen this behaviour ?
Does anyone have a permenant solution or pointers ?
Anything else I can check to determine the root cause ?
I've only recently moved from Win to MacOS and I am not thrilled by the idea that I will have to maintain a Windows machine just to edit excel or that I have to put a Parallels VM on my MacBook for the same purpose.
Any and all comments gratefully received,
cheers
Mike.