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Nowhere to Scroll

Both spreadsheet scroll bars disappear. Mort restores the workbook display options and returns horizontal and vertical movement.

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October 14, 2026 at 2:03 AM
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Editing from a Distance

Double clicking a spreadsheet cell will not edit it. Mort restores direct cell editing and ends the detour to the formula area.

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October 12, 2026 at 8:09 AM
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The Invisible Menu

A validated spreadsheet cell loses its dropdown arrow. Mort restores the hidden list control.

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October 7, 2026 at 7:39 AM
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The Alphabet Was Reassigned

Spreadsheet columns display numbers instead of letters. Mort turns off the alternate reference style.

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October 7, 2026 at 3:41 AM
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The Calendar That Refused to Advance

Dragging a date down a spreadsheet repeats the same day. Mort changes the fill behavior to continue the series.

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October 4, 2026 at 3:49 AM
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The Sideways Spreadsheet

A pasted table swaps its rows and columns. Mort finds the transpose option and restores the original layout.

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October 1, 2026 at 3:37 AM
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The Missing Group Controls

Grouped spreadsheet rows remain, but their outline controls disappear. Mort restores the hidden symbols.

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September 30, 2026 at 3:30 AM
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The Missing Corner Tool

The small spreadsheet handle used to copy cells disappears. Mort restores the fill handle option.

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September 29, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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Enter Goes Right

Pressing Enter moves the active spreadsheet cell sideways. Mort restores the normal downward direction.

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September 28, 2026 at 7:33 AM
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The Undercover Comments

Spreadsheet comments still exist, but their small markers are gone. Mort restores the hidden indicators.

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September 24, 2026 at 8:52 AM
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The Crowded Cell

Long text seems to vanish inside a spreadsheet. Mort finds that the column is too narrow and fits it automatically.

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September 23, 2026 at 11:48 AM
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The Spreadsheet Rehearsal

A spreadsheet is covered with page boundaries. Mort discovers that Page Break Preview was left open.

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September 20, 2026 at 12:42 AM
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The Invisible Grid

A spreadsheet looks like one blank sheet instead of separate cells. Mort finds that its gridlines were hidden.

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September 19, 2026 at 3:38 AM
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The Missing Formula Bar

The spreadsheet still calculates, but its formula editing box has vanished. Mort restores the hidden formula bar.

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September 17, 2026 at 9:04 PM
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The Off Duty Total

Selecting numbers no longer shows a quick total. Mort finds that Sum was disabled on the spreadsheet status bar.

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September 16, 2026 at 2:26 AM
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The Reversed Grid

A spreadsheet begins on the right side of the screen. Mort finds that right to left sheet view was enabled.

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September 15, 2026 at 5:46 AM
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The Missing Cents

Prices suddenly appear as whole numbers. Mort finds that the spreadsheet format is hiding every decimal place.

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September 15, 2026 at 10:36 AM
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The Formula That Became Text

One spreadsheet formula appears exactly as typed. Mort finds that the cell was formatted as text before the formula was entered.

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September 15, 2026 at 2:09 AM
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The Numbers That Are Not Numbers

A spreadsheet total ignores several visible values. Mort discovers that part of the imported column is stored as text instead of numbers.

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September 14, 2026 at 5:03 AM
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The Workbook Without Tabs

Every sheet still exists, but the tabs along the bottom are gone. Mort finds that workbook tab visibility was turned off.

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September 13, 2026 at 1:15 AM
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The Vanishing Zeros

Product codes lose the zeros at the beginning of every entry. Mort finds that the spreadsheet is treating the codes as ordinary numbers.

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September 11, 2026 at 10:11 AM
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The Merged Cell Roadblock

A spreadsheet refuses to sort a table. Mort discovers that merged cells have turned a simple list into a structural argument.

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September 4, 2026 at 1:52 AM
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The One Column Spreadsheet

A data file opens as one long mess instead of neat columns. Mort discovers that the spreadsheet is using the wrong separator.

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August 31, 2026 at 10:13 AM
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The Missing Zeros

Every zero appears to vanish from a spreadsheet. Mort discovers a display setting that has decided zero is not worth showing.

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August 28, 2026 at 2:14 PM
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Copy, paste, panic?
Excel has a hidden dropdown for pasting just the values, formatting, or even turning rows into columns.
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July 27, 2026 at 9:10 AM