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Excel 2000 (on W2K)  (BTW, can anyone suggest helpful Excel web sites that
have tutorials and useful forums?)

1) I have a personal habit of printing the date & time on the printed
output.  In Word, I have always been able to specify the file date/time,
which is more meaningful than the current date/time that the document was
printed.  In Excel, I have only been able print the current date/time.  Does
anyone know if it's possible to print the file's save date/time in the
header or footer?

2) There are two methods that I am aware of to edit a cell.  The first is
when the cursor/focus is in the cell on the sheet.  The second is when the
cursor/focus is up in the Formula Bar.  Since I am not the world's best
typist, and I normally go for speed more than accuracy, I often find that I
need to back up in the cell to make a correction.  The default entry focus
is in the cell on the sheet; when I attempt to use any of the <cursor arrow>
keys to maneuver around in the cell, the cell loses focus and focus changes
to an adjacent cell, and then I have to move my hand from the keyboard to
the mouse, move it to the Formula Bar, and click.  This is a huge
time-waster for me.  Once the focus is in the Formula Bar, I can use the
<cursor arrow> keys to maneuver around the cell's contents.

I understand that the design of the <cursor arrow> keys is a huge part of
how one maneuvers around in Excel, but I am such a keyboardist that I would
rather be able to limit the <cursor arrow> keys to maneuver within a cell
and have only the mouse and tab keys to change focus to different cells.

There's gotta be a way.


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