Excel automatically highlighting row and column

[gmax137]

Excel on Windows 11. My windows was "updated" yesterday. Now, when I open an excel file, I get this green highlighting. Anyone know how to turn this off? It really annoys me.
Thanks!

Example 1 (Cursor is in cell D9)

Example 2 (cursor in F12)

 

[jack action]

On the View tab, select Focus Cell button to toggle the feature on and off, or press Alt + W + E + F.

 

[gmax137]

Just so, @jack action Thanks so much. I searched on "excel highlight row and column" but all the hits I got were VBA recipes to make excel do the highlighting. Apparently enough people wanted to do this, that MS built it in at some point ("Focus Cell")
My biggest problem with excel is finding the right buttons, especially when I don't know the name of the button, lol.

 

[berkeman]

@jack action -- Is that only on newer versions of Excel and Win11? I'm using an old 2019 Home version on Win10.

 

[gmax137]

@berkeman Here's where I see it (Microsoft 365 on Win 11). Not sure if that will help you. Although as I mentioned above, there are lots of hits describing how to do the highlighting via VBA, so the built in feature must not have been available.