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How to fix typing twice into a cell to actually start typing?

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Hi everyone,

Very basic question here. I'm not sure what's recently happened, but every time I try and type into a cell it highlights everything in the cell. This causes the first key I push to be ignored, and the second key onwards starts typing. How do I make it so that it'll just start typing without highlighting like it used to be?

Thanks all

Posted Feb 23, 2026, 6:10 AM UTC

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