While entering data in a cell, you can use the left and right arrow keys and the delete key, as well as the backspace key, to move the position of the cursor in the cell and to edit the data.

To move to a different cell use either the up and down arrow keys, or the tab key, or use the mouse. Also, pressing on the Enter key will move you down one cell on the worksheet.

If you want to move back to a cell in which you have already entered data, use the mouse to double click (not single click) on the cell. (When using a single click to select a cell, the existing contents of the cell are erased as soon as you start entering new data.) The topic of editing data in Excel is covered in more detail in a later Screenbook in this series.