Pressing it again takes you back to Book1. The Microsoft Excel keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Alt+F5 to Refresh All was one of my favorites until it stopped working. Any ideas what this bug is and how to fix? When I close excel and reopen the file, the normal ctrl f function is restored. With Sticky Keys enabled, when you need to use Ctrl+Alt+Del shortcut, you don't have press all the three buttons all at once. I have tried to find a solution by looking it up but I have a hard time to find one. If keyboard shortcuts stop working, disabling sticky keys may help to fix the problem. I went back to my old laptop to make sure I'm not crazy, and the shortcut works there, still. Presently, when I enter that key combination nothing (as far as I can see) happens. Thank you for your help ! And apparently I have the last update of Adobe available. This is annoying because I have to navigate through all the applications and windows that are open. Sometimes when I have the same excel file open for hours, when I press ctrl f it brings up the debug function instead of the find menu. If an action that you use often does not have a shortcut key, you can record a macro to create one. Ctrl+alt+f3 Shortcut Not Working - Excel: View Answers: I recently got a new laptop, and the shortcut key Ctrl+Alt+F3 to bring up the "New Name" box no longer works. Instead, you can press Ctrl, then Alt, and then Del to activate the shortcut. In excel CTRL+Shift+L is not working; when I press the key sequence and the cursor spins and comes back without having accomplished turning on the filters or anything visible to me. The problem of ctrl+f not working is only with adobe, with word, excel, on the internet for instance, it's working. Use the keyboard shortcut Alt+W … Press Ctrl+F, and then type your search words. And here is the 2nd screenshot you asked about the event viewer : The other shortcuts seems to work (at least they are not closing adobe). Workarounds. There is no way to switch to Book3 with one keystroke. The other F3 shortcuts work okay (Ctrl+F3 for the "Name Manager" and Ctrl+Shift+F3 for "Create Name"). Download our 50 time-saving Excel shortcuts quick tips guide. To quickly find a shortcut in this article, you can use the Search. Shortcut Ctrl+1 not working in Excel 2016. I've had to live without it for so long that I can't recall if there was anything specific that was changed prior to it no longer working. With some light google searching I couldn't find any other users reporting the same issue. For example, with Book1 selected, Ctrl+Tab takes you to Book2. In Excel 2013, the shortcuts on;y select the first two workbooks. Use Alt-Tab. Aug 11, 2017 #1 Hi, I am trying to use the shortcut Ctrl+1 to have a faster access to the dialog box "format cells" in Excel 2016 but it does not work at all. Thread starter Mattz; Start date Aug 11, 2017; M. Mattz New Member. Step 1 Go to the Control Panel.