If you start to perform a command or action within Excel, you may want to cancel it before it finishes. To do this, the general rule is to simply press the Esc key. This should cancel any command or action that Excel is processing. It is also interesting to note that you can press Esc to close most every dialog box that may pop up in Excel.
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2020-02-23 15:19:41
Luis
What if Escape doesn't work, and for instance, If I copy a range of cells I can paste it but the content is still in memory, in my laptop by pressing escape cancels that, in this computer I am using, escape doesn't cancel what I did, it is annoying, I suspect it is something in settings, but I never get straight easy answers from forums or Microsoft, I have to read an entire bible it is also super annoying, by reading questions online, it looks like it is a very common thing to ask.
2017-02-14 03:56:48
JacoA
When running a command (e.g. Match or Vlookup) on a substantial amount of data, the UI simply freezes and Esc has no effect.
2016-09-27 01:03:11
Steve Shaw
wrong!
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