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Excel: active cell

There is always one active cell in each window, even if the current selection contains multiple cells.
The active cell is the cell where data entered by a user goes to.
The keyboard shortcut key F2 allows to edit the formula of the active cell.
Within a selection, the active cell can be moved with tab, enter, shift+tab and shift+enter.

See also

The currently active cell can be found with application.activeCell.
application.moveAfterReturn controls if the active cell is moved when the Enter key is pressed. If true, it moves to the direction specified in application.moveAfterReturnDirection

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