Horizontal scrolling with mouse wheel/keyboard in Excel 2003?

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Solution 1

If you press down the scroll wheel on most mice, that shows a centre point on screen and then as you move the mouse left / right / up / down it scrolls away from that point. Move further away to scroll faster.

Solution 2

Try this: Alt + PageUp/PageDown

Solution 3

If this is a laptop, take a look at mouse properties. There is usually an option that allows you to configure horizontal scrolling:

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If this is a desktop, I am sure someone could write some sort of AHK script that when you hold down a key and use the scroll, it does horizontal scroll but by far the easiest way, purchase a new mouse, many have an extra axis that allows you to "tilt" the scroll wheel. I think this is called 3D scroll, they are usually available from mice costing around £15 and up.

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studiohack

Updated on September 17, 2022

Comments

studiohack almost 2 years

How can I scroll horizontally in Excel 2003 using the mouse wheel with the keyboard? Operating system is Windows XP.
- wilson almost 14 years
  
  how about "SCROLL LOCK" on, and then ARROWS?
- Simon Sobisch almost 7 years
  
  "SCROLL LOCK" on, and then [CTRL] + [Cursor Left]|[Right] to scroll a complete page left/right or omitting the [CTRL] for scrolling a single column (but in most cases the scroll-wheel button click mentioned by AdamV helps more)
Ross Presser about 8 years

The problem is that the new mice don't work with Excel in this way. Excel is broken compared to most other programs in this way.