Excel Cursors and mouse pointers

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Excel Cursor and Mouse Pointer Shapes

Excel changes its mouse pointer shape according to its current functionality. Below are some of the important mouse pointer shapes and their related functionality.

General Select

When Excel's mouse pointer is at "General Select" shape as marked in following slide, it is ready to select a cell or a range of cells within in Excel worksheet.

Fill Data

Fill data mouse pointer shape appears when you hover the mouse pointer over the small square at the bottom right corner of the cell. When Excel's mouse pointer is at "Fill Data" shape as marked in the following slide, it can fill data or extend a data series.

I-Beam Cursor

Excel blinking I-Beam text cursor indicates that you can enter data inside a cell by typing text at the location of cursor. Excel blinking I-Beam text cursor is marked in the following slide.

Arrow Mouse Pointer

Normal Arrow cursor shape appears when you select menu or commands in Ribbon. It appears when moving a selection also. While moving a selection, Arrow Mouse pointer has a small cross also.

Column Resize Mouse Pointer

Column Resize Mouse Pointer appears when the mouse hover at the border between Column letters. When Column Resize Mouse Pointer appears, you need to click and drag to increase or decrease the width of a column.

Row Resize Mouse Pointer

Row Resize Mouse Pointer appears when the mouse hover at the border between Row numbers. When Row Resize Mouse Pointer appears, you need to click and drag to increase or decrease the height of a row.

Move Selected cells Mouse Pointer

Move Selected cells Mouse Pointer appears when mouse hover at border of a cell or range of cells. When Move Selected cells Mouse Pointer appear, you need to click and drag to move the data to another location within worksheet.

Select Entire Column Mouse Pointer

Select Entire Column Mouse Pointer appears when the mouse hovers at any Column label. If you click when Select Entire Column Mouse Pointer appears, the entire column is selected, as shown in the following slide.

Select Entire Row Mouse Pointer

Select Entire Row Mouse Pointer appears when the mouse hovers at any Row number. If you click when Select Entire Row Mouse Pointer appears, the entire row is selected, as shown in the following slide.

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Met welke mouse pointer kan je een of meerdere cellen selecteren?

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Welke is de "Row resize pointer"

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Welke is de "Column resize pointer"

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Welke selecteer de hele Column?

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Welke selecteer de hele Row?

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Welke mouse pointer kan je een of meerdere cellen selecteren

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Welke mouse pointer kan je een of meerdere geselecteerde cellen verlpaatsen?

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Welke mouse pointer is de normale mouse pointer die we gewend zijn?

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Welke mouse pointer geeft aan dat we in een cel kan typen?

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