MS Excel for Mac

I am a new convert to Mac, having been a PC user for many years. One thing I really miss is the "F2" key in Excel. I am running Excel for Mac on my new Apple, but the lack of the F2 facility is driving me nuts. Any ideas?

Please post questions regarding Office on Microsoft's own forums for their Mac software as Apple discussions only provide support for Apple products:
http://www.officeformac.com/productforums

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Shangqi wrote:
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