The active cell is displayed with a thick black border around it. In the lower right hand corner of the active cell is the fill handle that is used to fill data in a column or row. Data will be inserted in the active cell when you type. You must enter or click on another cell to "accept" the data, otherwise the cell remains in an edit mode. When the active cell is in edit mode, many features of Excel are unavailable.


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