The default keystrokes to activate the Macabacus tab using the keyboard are AltB, where the B key is the accelerator key.

The utility of a shortcut reflects its expected frequency of use and its estimated time savings benefit.

The higher the utility, the more important the shortcut is to learn.

Shortcut assignments for other add-ins cannot be editing using the Shortcut Manager.

When using the controls to edit shortcuts, you must click the save button to retain each of your changes.

Even after removing a shortcut, you can still access its underlying functionality from the Macabacus tab.

You will be prompted to confirm that you want to continue before resetting all keystrokes.

However, if you do not want Macabacus shortcut keystrokes to be set upon opening Excel, click the Clear All button to uncheck and disable all shortcuts listed in the Shortcut Manager.

You can then selectively recheck only those shortcuts that you wish to use.

Shortcut assignments are given priority based on the order in which add-ins are loaded when starting Excel, and the load order for add-ins is unpredictable.

Therefore, it may be necessary to override other installed shortcuts after starting Excel to ensure that all Macabacus shortcuts work.

Note that you can also deconflict hotkey assignments using the Shortcut Manager, avoiding the need to override altogether.

To override all other shortcut keystroke settings, click the Macabacus Settings Keyboard Override button.

You can reformat the list or sort shortcuts by name, keystroke, or utility before printing.

These conflicts typically arise upon starting Excel, when one add-in sets shortcut keystrokes upon loading that another add-in overrides when it subsequently loads.

Add-ins are loaded in whatever order Excel decides, and reinstalling add-ins or installing add-in updates may change the load order, causing sudden shortcut problems.

If you have other add-ins (e.g., CapIQ, FactSet, Bloomberg) installed, their default shortcut keystrokes will almost certainly conflict with Macabacus default keystrokes, and you should proceed directly to step 8.

This solves most shortcut problems for the current Excel session, only.

If you find yourself using the Override button often, take the time to properly deconflict shortcut keystrokes per step 8.

Confirm that the shortcut keystrokes you are attempting to use are indeed assigned to their intended operations.

Try some formatting-related shortcuts as well as some non-formatting-related shortcuts.

If so, try cleaning up your workbook using Macabacus workbook optimization tools at Macabacus File Optimize.

Restart Excel (quit all running instances) and confirm that the other add-ins remain disabled.

If Macabacus shortcuts are working as expected now, you have a shortcut conflict with another add-in.

Enable your other add-ins as desired and resolve the conflict by changing shortcut keystrokes in Macabacus Shortcut Manager or in the equivalent utility of the conflicting add-in.

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