The Power of Scroll Lock: Tips and Tricks for Excel Users

[DoItForYourself]

Hi guys,

The only use of "scroll lock" I am aware of is in Ms Excel. If you press scroll lock after you have selected a cell, you can go up and down (within the worksheet) by pressing PgUp and PgDn without the cell being deselected.

Does anyone know other uses of "scroll lock" button?

 

[jedishrfu]

Try searching with Google, I got several hits including a wikipedia page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scroll_lock

 

[DoItForYourself]

Thank you, but I also searched google. It mainly refers to old/obsolete uses.

Perhaps, I put the question forward the wrong way. The question should be like this:

Does anyone know any practical use of "scroll lock"? Is there anyone out there that uses this button frequently and for what reason?

 

[jedishrfu]

One use was in switching between computers using a KVM switcher. Its common to have one console at software development companies to have two or more computers hooked to the same keyboard, mouse and screen.