Ah, I usually begin editing a pre-existing cell by tapping F2, but sometimes when I start entering a formula from scratch I just hit the "equals" sign. It feels

Ah, I usually begin editing a pre-existing cell by tapping F2, but sometimes when I start entering a formula from scratch I just hit the "equals" sign. It feels like I'm editing a line of text but I'm actually in "enter" mode. Also, the little designation in the lower left has been there, roughly 30 inches from my eyeballs, for hundreds or possibly thousands of hours. It's changed state thousands if not millions of times. How have I only just now seen it? https://i.imgur.com/6yrULDU.png https://i.imgur.com/6yrULDU.png The poor programmer at Microsoft who invented the mode switching feature would be justifiably infuriated by the blindness of his users...