Alt Key Shortcuts Lag in Excel

Discussion in 'Windows Virtual Machine' started by JohnL16, Apr 12, 2017.

  1. SimratM

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    Has this issue been solved yet? This was really the only reason I wanted to use parallels and if I can't get this to work there is no point :(
     
  2. EricEr

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    Can someone please let me know how to resolve this issue? I just bought parallels and this is significantly impacting my workflow
     
  3. Maria@Parallels

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    Hello, if you see the same issue could you provide us with he detailed description please?
    Also the technical report will be very helpful.
     
  4. EricEr

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    I submitted the report. The alt key is slow to respond so if i try to do a key command in Excel that uses alt, it ends up not registering because I'm typing faster than the computer is registering the alt key. Same issue as others in this thread reported. It makes excel extremely difficult to use for power users.
     
  5. GilS

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    Any resolution? I'm experiencing this exact issue. Excel is hard to use negating my reason for installing Parallels.
     
  6. GilS

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    Confirmed that this issue is unique to remapping the Cmd (⌘) key. I plugged in a PC keyboard and instead of my typical Mac remapping of ⌘ to and to ⌘, I left those defaulted and then remapped to Alt in Parallels. I can now use Alt commands quickly in Parallels, but the keyboard isn't usable in OS X at the same time.
     
  7. DucP

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    Any solutions to this problem, I have the exact same problem! It only happens with the apple magic keyboard as mentioned above and when remapping ⌘ to ALT. When I press ⌘, there is a delay when Alt is activated in the VM
     
  8. AdamC28

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    I'm running into the same exact problem. I'm an excel power user used to Wintel machines. Just got a new Macbook M4 Pro running Parallels Desktop Pro v20 and a Windows 11 VM. The ALT key lag is killing me and making excel nearly unusable.
     
  9. DippersG

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    Anyone got a fix for this? Having the same problem when mapping Command to the Alt key, there is a lag of about 1 to 2 seconds, it hinders workflow. I don't want to use the Option key as a Windows Alt key, can someone shed some light on this issue?
     
  10. DippersG

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    Just to be clear on my last post, I am using Excel as a power user and when mapping Command to Alt there is a lag of 1-2 seconds, otherwise I might as well use a Windows laptop. 1-2 seconds of a delay for thousands of shortcuts in a day adds up to about 30 minutes wasted time, so please can we get a fix for this
     

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