diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/app.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/app.rs
index 9d190083e..94b6b01e7 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/app.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/app.rs
@@ -107,7 +107,9 @@ impl SheetApp {
     pub fn logic(&mut self, ctx: &egui::Context) {
         self.ensure_text_width(ctx);
         // A keytip control request lives one frame: the ribbon consumes it during `ui`, and
-        // anything that never reached a control (collapsed ribbon, tab switch) is dropped.
+        // anything that never reached a control (collapsed ribbon, tab switch) is dropped. One
+        // made with a switch to the control's tab waits, with its window, for the next `ui` of
+        // that window.
         self.ui.keytip_invoke = None;
         // Floating pictures' textures go with their workbook, even when no sheet is painted.
         let open: Vec<u64> = self.session.documents().iter().map(|d| d.uid).collect();
@@ -194,6 +196,9 @@ impl SheetApp {
         let t0 = now_ms();
         // A script may have switched windows since the last frame.
         self.follow_active_window();
+        // This window's key tip request that waited for this frame (its tab or ribbon was just
+        // shown); any other window's request was dropped before it.
+        self.ui.keytip_invoke = self.ui.keytip_invoke_next.take();
         text_box::before_ui(self, &ctx);
         // Another window came forward without going through a command (which settles drafts
         // first): the draft goes into its own window instead of floating over this one. If its
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/app/keys.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/app/keys.rs
index 3490bd01c..1facc5a4f 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/app/keys.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/app/keys.rs
@@ -59,7 +59,22 @@ impl SheetApp {
                 // Route to the ribbon control that owns this keytip: it opens its dropdown or
                 // runs its click handler with the right params (the engine command alone would
                 // be missing them).
-                keytips::Action::Control(id) => self.ui.keytip_invoke = Some(id),
+                //
+                // A control on another tab (a legacy menu key such as Alt+I, S for the Symbol
+                // gallery) shows its tab first, so the control is drawn and takes the request.
+                keytips::Action::Control(id) => {
+                    // A collapsed ribbon draws no controls either: it is expanded the same way.
+                    let other_tab = gridcraft_engine::find_command(id).and_then(|c| c.menu.first()).filter(|t| **t != self.ui.ribbon_tab);
+                    if other_tab.is_some() || self.ui.ribbon_collapsed {
+                        if let Some(tab) = other_tab {
+                            self.run_or_alert("ui.ribbonTab", json!({"tab": tab}));
+                        }
+                        self.ui.ribbon_collapsed = false;
+                        self.ui.keytip_invoke_next = Some(id);
+                    } else {
+                        self.ui.keytip_invoke = Some(id);
+                    }
+                }
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/keytips/keytip_table.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/keytips/keytip_table.rs
index 87c85befd..502e7336f 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/keytips/keytip_table.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/keytips/keytip_table.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ pub fn is_group_level(seq: &str) -> bool {
     matches!(lookup(seq), Some(Entry::Continue)) || (lookup(seq).is_none() && has_deeper(seq))
 }
 
+/// False under a legacy Excel 2003 menu letter that has no ribbon tab (Alt+I, D, V, T): Excel
+/// paints no badges for those, so the ribbon stays as it is while the sequence is typed.
+pub fn paints_badges(prefix: &str) -> bool {
+    let Some(root) = prefix.get(..1) else { return true };
+    SEQUENCES.iter().any(|(seq, entry)| matches!(entry, Entry::Tab(_)) && seq.starts_with(root))
+}
+
 fn matches_target(action: &Action, target: &str) -> bool {
     match action {
         Action::Command(id) | Action::CommandWith(id, _) | Action::Pending(id) | Action::Control(id) => *id == target,
@@ -214,6 +221,22 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(!has_deeper("X"));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn legacy_menu_letters_finish_without_badges() {
+        assert_eq!(lookup("IR"), Some(Entry::Finish(Action::Command("home.insertRows"))));
+        assert_eq!(lookup("DS"), Some(Entry::Finish(Action::Dialog("sort"))));
+        assert_eq!(lookup("EAA"), Some(Entry::Finish(Action::Command("edit.clearAll"))));
+        for root in ["I", "D", "V", "T"] {
+            assert!(is_group_level(root), "{root} waits for the menu letter");
+            assert!(!paints_badges(root), "{root} has no tab, so no badges");
+        }
+        assert!(paints_badges(""), "tab badges");
+        assert!(paints_badges("HO"));
+        assert!(paints_badges("J"), "the Draw tab's two-letter unit");
+        assert!(paints_badges("E"), "E and O stay aliases of Home");
+        assert_eq!(sequences_for("home.insertRows"), vec!["HIR", "IR"], "the ribbon sequence stays first");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn group_extension_paints_only_continue_levels() {
         assert_eq!(group_extension("H", &["dialog:pasteSpecial"]), vec!["HV"]);
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/keytips/keytip_table/generated.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/keytips/keytip_table/generated.rs
index 3124a4b1f..6c397f26c 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/keytips/keytip_table/generated.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/keytips/keytip_table/generated.rs
@@ -372,5 +372,48 @@ pub const SEQUENCES: &[(&str, Entry)] = &[
     ("FN", Entry::Finish(Action::Command("file.new"))),    // Excel: New page; New page
     ("FO", Entry::Finish(Action::Command("file.open"))),   // Excel: Open page; fires immediately in Excel; deeper aliases dropped as unreachable
     ("FP", Entry::Finish(Action::Command("file.print"))),  // Excel: Print page; containment(Print)
-    ("Q", Entry::Finish(Action::Pending("ui.search"))),    // pending; Excel: Search / Tell Me; Alt+Q search box does not exist yet (issue #49)
+    ("IR", Entry::Finish(Action::Command("home.insertRows"))), // Excel: Insert > Rows; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("IC", Entry::Finish(Action::Command("home.insertColumns"))), // Excel: Insert > Columns; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("IE", Entry::Finish(Action::Dialog("insertCells"))),  // Excel: Insert > Cells; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("IW", Entry::Finish(Action::Command("home.insertSheet"))), // Excel: Insert > Worksheet; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("IF", Entry::Finish(Action::Dialog("insertFunction"))), // Excel: Insert > Function; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("IND", Entry::Finish(Action::Dialog("defineName"))),  // Excel: Insert > Name > Define; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("IS", Entry::Finish(Action::Control("insert.symbol"))), // Excel: Insert > Symbol; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("ED", Entry::Finish(Action::Dialog("deleteCells"))),  // Excel: Edit > Delete; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("EM", Entry::Finish(Action::Dialog("moveSheet"))),    // Excel: Edit > Move or Copy Sheet; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("EL", Entry::Finish(Action::Command("home.deleteSheet"))), // Excel: Edit > Delete Sheet; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("EAA", Entry::Finish(Action::Command("edit.clearAll"))), // Excel: Edit > Clear > All; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("EAC", Entry::Finish(Action::Command("edit.clearContents"))), // Excel: Edit > Clear > Contents; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("EAM", Entry::Finish(Action::Command("edit.clearComments"))), // Excel: Edit > Clear > Comments; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("EF", Entry::Finish(Action::Dialog("find"))),         // Excel: Edit > Find; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("EG", Entry::Finish(Action::Dialog("goTo"))),         // Excel: Edit > Go To; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("ORA", Entry::Finish(Action::Command("home.autofitRowHeight"))), // Excel: Format > Row > AutoFit; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("ORE", Entry::Finish(Action::Dialog("rowHeight"))),   // Excel: Format > Row > Height; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("ORH", Entry::Finish(Action::Command("home.hideRows"))), // Excel: Format > Row > Hide; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("ORU", Entry::Finish(Action::Command("home.unhideRows"))), // Excel: Format > Row > Unhide; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("OCW", Entry::Finish(Action::Dialog("columnWidth"))), // Excel: Format > Column > Width; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("OCH", Entry::Finish(Action::Command("home.hideColumns"))), // Excel: Format > Column > Hide; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("OCU", Entry::Finish(Action::Command("home.unhideColumns"))), // Excel: Format > Column > Unhide; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("OHR", Entry::Finish(Action::Dialog("renameSheet"))), // Excel: Format > Sheet > Rename; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("OHH", Entry::Finish(Action::Command("sheet.hide"))), // Excel: Format > Sheet > Hide; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("OHU", Entry::Finish(Action::Command("sheet.unhide"))), // Excel: Format > Sheet > Unhide; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("OE", Entry::Finish(Action::Command("home.formatCells"))), // Excel: Format > Cells; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("OD", Entry::Finish(Action::Command("home.conditionalFormat"))), // Excel: Format > Conditional Formatting; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("DFF", Entry::Finish(Action::Command("data.filter"))), // Excel: Data > Filter > AutoFilter; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("DS", Entry::Finish(Action::Dialog("sort"))),         // Excel: Data > Sort; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("DGG", Entry::Finish(Action::Command("data.group"))), // Excel: Data > Group and Outline > Group; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("DGU", Entry::Finish(Action::Command("data.ungroup"))), // Excel: Data > Group and Outline > Ungroup; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("DGS", Entry::Finish(Action::Command("data.showDetail"))), // Excel: Data > Group and Outline > Show Detail; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("DGH", Entry::Finish(Action::Command("data.hideDetail"))), // Excel: Data > Group and Outline > Hide Detail; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("DL", Entry::Finish(Action::Command("data.validation"))), // Excel: Data > Validation; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("DT", Entry::Finish(Action::Command("data.dataTable"))), // Excel: Data > Table (what-if data table); Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("VN", Entry::Finish(Action::Command("view.normal"))), // Excel: View > Normal; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("VP", Entry::Finish(Action::Command("view.pageBreakPreview"))), // Excel: View > Page Break Preview; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("VZ", Entry::Finish(Action::Dialog("zoom"))),         // Excel: View > Zoom; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("TO", Entry::Finish(Action::Dialog("options"))),      // Excel: Tools > Options; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("TUA", Entry::Finish(Action::Command("formulas.removeArrows"))), // Excel: Tools > Formula Auditing > Remove All Arrows; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("TUD", Entry::Finish(Action::Command("formulas.traceDependents"))), // Excel: Tools > Formula Auditing > Trace Dependents; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("TUT", Entry::Finish(Action::Command("formulas.tracePrecedents"))), // Excel: Tools > Formula Auditing > Trace Precedents; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("FU", Entry::Finish(Action::Dialog("pageSetup"))),                  // Excel: File > Page Setup; Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941).
+    ("Q", Entry::Finish(Action::Pending("ui.search"))), // pending; Excel: Search / Tell Me; Alt+Q search box does not exist yet (issue #49)
 ];
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/keytips/keytips.json b/crates/ui-egui/src/keytips/keytips.json
index 90eab4909..174d519eb 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/keytips/keytips.json
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/keytips/keytips.json
@@ -2582,6 +2582,307 @@
    "excel": "Print page",
    "note": "containment(Print)"
   },
+  {
+   "seq": "IR",
+   "kind": "command",
+   "target": "home.insertRows",
+   "excel": "Insert > Rows",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "IC",
+   "kind": "command",
+   "target": "home.insertColumns",
+   "excel": "Insert > Columns",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "IE",
+   "kind": "dialog",
+   "target": "insertCells",
+   "excel": "Insert > Cells",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "IW",
+   "kind": "command",
+   "target": "home.insertSheet",
+   "excel": "Insert > Worksheet",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "IF",
+   "kind": "dialog",
+   "target": "insertFunction",
+   "excel": "Insert > Function",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "IND",
+   "kind": "dialog",
+   "target": "defineName",
+   "excel": "Insert > Name > Define",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "IS",
+   "kind": "control",
+   "target": "insert.symbol",
+   "excel": "Insert > Symbol",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "ED",
+   "kind": "dialog",
+   "target": "deleteCells",
+   "excel": "Edit > Delete",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "EM",
+   "kind": "dialog",
+   "target": "moveSheet",
+   "excel": "Edit > Move or Copy Sheet",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "EL",
+   "kind": "command",
+   "target": "home.deleteSheet",
+   "excel": "Edit > Delete Sheet",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "EAA",
+   "kind": "command",
+   "target": "edit.clearAll",
+   "excel": "Edit > Clear > All",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "EAC",
+   "kind": "command",
+   "target": "edit.clearContents",
+   "excel": "Edit > Clear > Contents",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "EAM",
+   "kind": "command",
+   "target": "edit.clearComments",
+   "excel": "Edit > Clear > Comments",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "EF",
+   "kind": "dialog",
+   "target": "find",
+   "excel": "Edit > Find",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "EG",
+   "kind": "dialog",
+   "target": "goTo",
+   "excel": "Edit > Go To",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "ORA",
+   "kind": "command",
+   "target": "home.autofitRowHeight",
+   "excel": "Format > Row > AutoFit",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "ORE",
+   "kind": "dialog",
+   "target": "rowHeight",
+   "excel": "Format > Row > Height",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "ORH",
+   "kind": "command",
+   "target": "home.hideRows",
+   "excel": "Format > Row > Hide",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "ORU",
+   "kind": "command",
+   "target": "home.unhideRows",
+   "excel": "Format > Row > Unhide",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "OCW",
+   "kind": "dialog",
+   "target": "columnWidth",
+   "excel": "Format > Column > Width",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "OCH",
+   "kind": "command",
+   "target": "home.hideColumns",
+   "excel": "Format > Column > Hide",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "OCU",
+   "kind": "command",
+   "target": "home.unhideColumns",
+   "excel": "Format > Column > Unhide",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "OHR",
+   "kind": "dialog",
+   "target": "renameSheet",
+   "excel": "Format > Sheet > Rename",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "OHH",
+   "kind": "command",
+   "target": "sheet.hide",
+   "excel": "Format > Sheet > Hide",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "OHU",
+   "kind": "command",
+   "target": "sheet.unhide",
+   "excel": "Format > Sheet > Unhide",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "OE",
+   "kind": "command",
+   "target": "home.formatCells",
+   "excel": "Format > Cells",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "OD",
+   "kind": "command",
+   "target": "home.conditionalFormat",
+   "excel": "Format > Conditional Formatting",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "DFF",
+   "kind": "command",
+   "target": "data.filter",
+   "excel": "Data > Filter > AutoFilter",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "DS",
+   "kind": "dialog",
+   "target": "sort",
+   "excel": "Data > Sort",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "DGG",
+   "kind": "command",
+   "target": "data.group",
+   "excel": "Data > Group and Outline > Group",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "DGU",
+   "kind": "command",
+   "target": "data.ungroup",
+   "excel": "Data > Group and Outline > Ungroup",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "DGS",
+   "kind": "command",
+   "target": "data.showDetail",
+   "excel": "Data > Group and Outline > Show Detail",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "DGH",
+   "kind": "command",
+   "target": "data.hideDetail",
+   "excel": "Data > Group and Outline > Hide Detail",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "DL",
+   "kind": "command",
+   "target": "data.validation",
+   "excel": "Data > Validation",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "DT",
+   "kind": "command",
+   "target": "data.dataTable",
+   "excel": "Data > Table (what-if data table)",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "VN",
+   "kind": "command",
+   "target": "view.normal",
+   "excel": "View > Normal",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "VP",
+   "kind": "command",
+   "target": "view.pageBreakPreview",
+   "excel": "View > Page Break Preview",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "VZ",
+   "kind": "dialog",
+   "target": "zoom",
+   "excel": "View > Zoom",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "TO",
+   "kind": "dialog",
+   "target": "options",
+   "excel": "Tools > Options",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "TUA",
+   "kind": "command",
+   "target": "formulas.removeArrows",
+   "excel": "Tools > Formula Auditing > Remove All Arrows",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "TUD",
+   "kind": "command",
+   "target": "formulas.traceDependents",
+   "excel": "Tools > Formula Auditing > Trace Dependents",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "TUT",
+   "kind": "command",
+   "target": "formulas.tracePrecedents",
+   "excel": "Tools > Formula Auditing > Trace Precedents",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
+  {
+   "seq": "FU",
+   "kind": "dialog",
+   "target": "pageSetup",
+   "excel": "File > Page Setup",
+   "note": "Legacy Excel 2003 menu path (#941)."
+  },
   {
    "seq": "Q",
    "kind": "command",
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
index 95f861f14..a0637d966 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ pub struct UiState {
     /// [`keytips::Action::Control`], consumed (and cleared) by the control's render site.
     #[serde(skip)]
     pub keytip_invoke: Option<&'static str>,
+    /// A keytip control request for the next frame: its tab was switched to this frame, so its
+    /// control is drawn only then.
+    #[serde(skip)]
+    pub keytip_invoke_next: Option<&'static str>,
     /// Interface language. English by default (so tests and headless renders never depend on the
     /// host's locale); the desktop app starts from [`i18n::Language::system`] when `ui.json` has
     /// no usable language (see [`i18n::saved_language`]). An unknown saved value reads as English
@@ -143,6 +147,7 @@ impl Default for UiState {
             autosave: false,
             recent: vec![],
             keytip_invoke: None,
+            keytip_invoke_next: None,
             language: i18n::Language::En,
             interface_scale: 100,
         }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/ribbon/controls.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/ribbon/controls.rs
index 774a2b40b..5d10e13e0 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/ribbon/controls.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/ribbon/controls.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,15 @@ pub(super) fn act(app: &mut SheetApp, id: &str, params: serde_json::Value) {
 
 /// Keytips are painted, not focusable widgets: the grid retains keyboard focus.
 pub(super) fn keytip(app: &SheetApp, ui: &Ui, sequence: &str, at: egui::Pos2) {
-    let Some(rest) = app.keytips.prefix().and_then(|prefix| sequence.strip_prefix(prefix)).filter(|s| !s.is_empty()) else { return };
+    let Some(rest) = app
+        .keytips
+        .prefix()
+        .filter(|prefix| keytip_table::paints_badges(prefix))
+        .and_then(|prefix| sequence.strip_prefix(prefix))
+        .filter(|s| !s.is_empty())
+    else {
+        return;
+    };
     let t = Tokens::get(ui.ctx());
     let painter = ui.ctx().layer_painter(egui::LayerId::new(egui::Order::Tooltip, egui::Id::unique("ribbon_keytips"))).with_clip_rect(ui.clip_rect());
     let text = painter.layout_no_wrap(rest.into(), theme::ui_bold(10.5), t.text);
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/ribbon/insert.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/ribbon/insert.rs
index 595b74657..c347c896a 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/ribbon/insert.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/ribbon/insert.rs
@@ -213,7 +213,9 @@ pub(super) fn insert(app: &mut SheetApp, ui: &mut Ui) {
     });
     let sym = big_button(ui, Icon::Symbol, "Symbol", "Symbol", true);
     control_keytip(app, ui, &sym, "insert.symbol");
-    egui::Popup::menu(&sym).show(|ui| {
+    // Opened by its key tip too (Alt+I, S): the gallery picks the symbol, nothing is inserted before.
+    let forced = invoke(app, "insert.symbol");
+    egui::Popup::menu(&sym).open_memory(popup_command(forced, sym.clicked())).show(|ui| {
         ui.set_width(260.0);
         ui.horizontal_wrapped(|ui| {
             for ch in [
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/window_ui.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/window_ui.rs
index cef736ecc..d68b7e3d8 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/window_ui.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/window_ui.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ pub struct WindowUi {
     ribbon_tab: String,
     /// The status bar's Ready/Enter/Edit, which follows the window's cell draft.
     mode: gridcraft_engine::Mode,
+    /// A key tip's control request waiting for the frame that draws this window's ribbon.
+    keytip_invoke_next: Option<&'static str>,
 }
 
 impl WindowUi {
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ impl SheetApp {
             open_switch_windows,
             ribbon_tab,
             mode,
+            keytip_invoke_next,
         } = w;
         std::mem::swap(&mut self.editor, editor);
         std::mem::swap(&mut self.text_box_editor, text_box_editor);
@@ -86,6 +89,7 @@ impl SheetApp {
         std::mem::swap(&mut self.open_switch_windows, open_switch_windows);
         std::mem::swap(&mut self.ui.ribbon_tab, ribbon_tab);
         std::mem::swap(&mut self.session.mode, mode);
+        std::mem::swap(&mut self.ui.keytip_invoke_next, keytip_invoke_next);
     }
 
     /// The window whose interface state is in the per-window fields.
@@ -98,6 +102,14 @@ impl SheetApp {
     /// in (a window never seen before starts fresh). A closed window's state is dropped.
     pub fn follow_active_window(&mut self) {
         let active = self.session.active_window();
+        // A window hidden while parked (from another window's View › Hide) isn't drawn either:
+        // its waiting key tip request goes, as it does for a window hidden as it is left.
+        let session = &self.session;
+        for (id, parked) in &mut self.parked {
+            if session.window(*id).is_some_and(|w| w.hidden) {
+                parked.keytip_invoke_next = None;
+            }
+        }
         if active == self.ui_window {
             return;
         }
@@ -108,7 +120,12 @@ impl SheetApp {
         };
         let mut outgoing = WindowUi::fresh(&self.grid, &self.ui.ribbon_tab);
         self.swap_window_ui(&mut outgoing);
-        if self.session.window(previous).is_some() {
+        if let Some(window) = self.session.window(previous) {
+            // A hidden window isn't drawn: a key tip request waiting for its next frame would
+            // fire whenever it is shown again, so it goes.
+            if window.hidden {
+                outgoing.keytip_invoke_next = None;
+            }
             self.parked.insert(previous, outgoing);
         }
         if let Some(mut incoming) = active.and_then(|w| self.parked.remove(&w)) {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/keytips_generated.rs b/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/keytips_generated.rs
index 3dc225a76..600a36319 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/keytips_generated.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/keytips_generated.rs
@@ -2754,6 +2754,308 @@ fn keytip_fp_() {
     assert!(h.state().session.journal.iter().any(|(id, _)| id == "file.print"), "FP must journal file.print");
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn keytip_ir_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "IR", false);
+    assert!(h.state().session.journal.iter().any(|(id, _)| id == "home.insertRows"), "IR must journal home.insertRows");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_ic_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "IC", false);
+    assert!(h.state().session.journal.iter().any(|(id, _)| id == "home.insertColumns"), "IC must journal home.insertColumns");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_ie_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "IE", false);
+    assert!(h.state().dialog.is_some(), "IE must open the insertCells dialog");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_iw_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "IW", false);
+    assert!(h.state().session.journal.iter().any(|(id, _)| id == "home.insertSheet"), "IW must journal home.insertSheet");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_if_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "IF", false);
+    assert!(h.state().dialog.is_some(), "IF must open the insertFunction dialog");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_ind_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "IND", false);
+    assert!(h.state().dialog.is_some(), "IND must open the defineName dialog");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_is_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "IS", false);
+    assert!(h.state().message.is_none() && h.state().toast.is_none(), "IS must route to its control without an error box");
+    assert_eq!(h.state().keytips.prefix(), None);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_ed_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "ED", false);
+    assert!(h.state().dialog.is_some(), "ED must open the deleteCells dialog");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_em_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "EM", false);
+    assert!(h.state().dialog.is_some(), "EM must open the moveSheet dialog");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_el_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "EL", false);
+    assert!(h.state().message.is_some() || h.state().toast.is_some(), "EL must invoke home.deleteSheet and surface its missing-params error");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_eaa_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "EAA", false);
+    assert!(h.state().session.journal.iter().any(|(id, _)| id == "edit.clearAll"), "EAA must journal edit.clearAll");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_eac_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "EAC", false);
+    assert!(h.state().session.journal.iter().any(|(id, _)| id == "edit.clearContents"), "EAC must journal edit.clearContents");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_eam_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "EAM", false);
+    assert!(h.state().session.journal.iter().any(|(id, _)| id == "edit.clearComments"), "EAM must journal edit.clearComments");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_ef_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "EF", false);
+    assert!(h.state().dialog.is_some(), "EF must open the find dialog");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_eg_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "EG", false);
+    assert!(h.state().dialog.is_some(), "EG must open the goTo dialog");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_ora_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "ORA", false);
+    assert!(h.state().session.journal.iter().any(|(id, _)| id == "home.autofitRowHeight"), "ORA must journal home.autofitRowHeight");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_ore_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "ORE", false);
+    assert!(h.state().dialog.is_some(), "ORE must open the rowHeight dialog");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_orh_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "ORH", false);
+    assert!(h.state().session.journal.iter().any(|(id, _)| id == "home.hideRows"), "ORH must journal home.hideRows");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_oru_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "ORU", false);
+    assert!(h.state().session.journal.iter().any(|(id, _)| id == "home.unhideRows"), "ORU must journal home.unhideRows");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_ocw_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "OCW", false);
+    assert!(h.state().dialog.is_some(), "OCW must open the columnWidth dialog");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_och_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "OCH", false);
+    assert!(h.state().session.journal.iter().any(|(id, _)| id == "home.hideColumns"), "OCH must journal home.hideColumns");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_ocu_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "OCU", false);
+    assert!(h.state().session.journal.iter().any(|(id, _)| id == "home.unhideColumns"), "OCU must journal home.unhideColumns");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_ohr_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "OHR", false);
+    assert!(h.state().dialog.is_some(), "OHR must open the renameSheet dialog");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_ohh_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "OHH", false);
+    assert!(h.state().message.is_some() || h.state().toast.is_some(), "OHH must invoke sheet.hide and surface its missing-params error");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_ohu_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "OHU", false);
+    assert!(h.state().message.is_some() || h.state().toast.is_some(), "OHU must invoke sheet.unhide and surface its missing-params error");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_oe_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "OE", false);
+    assert!(h.state().session.journal.iter().any(|(id, _)| id == "home.formatCells"), "OE must journal home.formatCells");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_od_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "OD", false);
+    assert!(h.state().session.journal.iter().any(|(id, _)| id == "home.conditionalFormat"), "OD must journal home.conditionalFormat");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_dff_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "DFF", false);
+    assert!(h.state().session.journal.iter().any(|(id, _)| id == "data.filter"), "DFF must journal data.filter");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_ds_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "DS", false);
+    assert!(h.state().dialog.is_some(), "DS must open the sort dialog");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_dgg_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "DGG", false);
+    assert!(h.state().session.journal.iter().any(|(id, _)| id == "data.group"), "DGG must journal data.group");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_dgu_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "DGU", false);
+    assert!(h.state().session.journal.iter().any(|(id, _)| id == "data.ungroup"), "DGU must journal data.ungroup");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_dgs_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "DGS", false);
+    assert!(h.state().session.journal.iter().any(|(id, _)| id == "data.showDetail"), "DGS must journal data.showDetail");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_dgh_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "DGH", false);
+    assert!(h.state().session.journal.iter().any(|(id, _)| id == "data.hideDetail"), "DGH must journal data.hideDetail");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_dl_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "DL", false);
+    assert!(h.state().session.journal.iter().any(|(id, _)| id == "data.validation"), "DL must journal data.validation");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_dt_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "DT", false);
+    assert!(h.state().message.is_some() || h.state().toast.is_some(), "DT must invoke data.dataTable and surface its missing-params error");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_vn_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "VN", false);
+    assert!(h.state().session.journal.iter().any(|(id, _)| id == "view.normal"), "VN must journal view.normal");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_vp_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "VP", false);
+    assert!(h.state().session.journal.iter().any(|(id, _)| id == "view.pageBreakPreview"), "VP must journal view.pageBreakPreview");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_vz_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "VZ", false);
+    assert!(h.state().dialog.is_some(), "VZ must open the zoom dialog");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_to_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "TO", false);
+    assert!(h.state().backstage.is_some(), "TO must open the Options page");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_tua_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "TUA", false);
+    assert!(h.state().session.journal.iter().any(|(id, _)| id == "formulas.removeArrows"), "TUA must journal formulas.removeArrows");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_tud_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "TUD", false);
+    assert!(h.state().message.is_none() && h.state().toast.is_none(), "TUD must run formulas.traceDependents cleanly");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_tut_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "TUT", false);
+    assert!(h.state().message.is_none() && h.state().toast.is_none(), "TUT must run formulas.tracePrecedents cleanly");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keytip_fu_() {
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    sequence(&mut h, "FU", false);
+    assert!(h.state().dialog.is_some(), "FU must open the pageSetup dialog");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn keytip_q_() {
     let mut h = harness(blank());
@@ -2766,7 +3068,7 @@ fn keytip_q_() {
 
 #[test]
 fn generated_test_count_matches_the_table() {
-    const EXPECTED: usize = 367;
+    const EXPECTED: usize = 410;
     assert_eq!(gridcraft_ui_egui::keytips::keytip_table::SEQUENCES.len(), EXPECTED);
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/legacy_keytips.rs b/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/legacy_keytips.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..885c70f8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/legacy_keytips.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+//! Excel 2003 menu access keys that open a ribbon control rather than run a command (#941).
+
+use egui::os::OperatingSystem;
+use egui::{Event, Key, Modifiers};
+use egui_kittest::kittest::Queryable as _;
+use gridcraft_engine::Session;
+use gridcraft_ui_egui::SheetApp;
+use serde_json::json;
+
+fn press(h: &mut egui_kittest::Harness<'static, SheetApp>, key: Key) {
+    let ev = |pressed| Event::Key { key, physical_key: None, pressed, repeat: false, modifiers: Modifiers::NONE };
+    h.input_mut().events.extend([ev(true), Event::Text(key.name().to_ascii_lowercase()), ev(false)]);
+    h.run_steps(2);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn alt_i_s_opens_the_symbol_gallery_and_leaves_the_cell_alone() {
+    // Insert > Symbol picks a symbol; running insert.symbol with no symbol set the active cell
+    // to its own text again, re-reading it (a Python cell lost its code, text could turn into a
+    // number). From the Home tab the keys show the Insert tab's gallery instead.
+    let mut s = Session::new();
+    s.new_workbook();
+    s.execute("cell.set", json!({"cell": "A1", "input": "'007"})).unwrap();
+    let mut h = crate::common::os_harness(s, OperatingSystem::Nix);
+    h.run_steps(4);
+    for key in [Key::F10, Key::I, Key::S] {
+        press(&mut h, key);
+    }
+    h.run_steps(4);
+    assert!(!h.state().session.journal.iter().any(|(id, _)| id == "insert.symbol"), "nothing is inserted until a symbol is picked");
+    assert_eq!(h.state().ui.ribbon_tab, "Insert");
+    assert!(h.query_by_label("€").is_some(), "the Symbol gallery is open");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn alt_i_s_expands_a_collapsed_ribbon_on_the_insert_tab() {
+    // With the Insert tab already chosen but the ribbon collapsed, the gallery's control isn't
+    // drawn: the keys expand the ribbon first.
+    let mut s = Session::new();
+    s.new_workbook();
+    let mut h = crate::common::os_harness(s, OperatingSystem::Nix);
+    h.state_mut().run("ui.ribbonTab", json!({"tab": "Insert"})).unwrap();
+    h.state_mut().ui.ribbon_collapsed = true;
+    h.run_steps(4);
+    for key in [Key::F10, Key::I, Key::S] {
+        press(&mut h, key);
+    }
+    h.run_steps(4);
+    assert!(!h.state().ui.ribbon_collapsed);
+    assert!(h.query_by_label("€").is_some(), "the Symbol gallery is open");
+    assert!(!h.state().session.journal.iter().any(|(id, _)| id == "insert.symbol"));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_waiting_key_tip_request_stays_with_its_window() {
+    // A request waiting for the frame that draws its control belongs to the window whose keys
+    // made it: another window drawn first must not take it.
+    let mut s = Session::new();
+    s.new_workbook();
+    let mut h = crate::common::os_harness(s, OperatingSystem::Nix);
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    let first = h.state().session.active_window().unwrap();
+    h.state_mut().run("view.newWindow", json!({})).unwrap();
+    let second = h.state().session.active_window().unwrap();
+    h.state_mut().show_window(second);
+    h.state_mut().ui.keytip_invoke_next = Some("insert.symbol");
+    h.state_mut().show_window(first);
+    assert_eq!(h.state().ui.keytip_invoke_next, None, "the first window doesn't see the second window's request");
+    h.state_mut().show_window(second);
+    assert_eq!(h.state().ui.keytip_invoke_next, Some("insert.symbol"));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_hidden_window_drops_its_waiting_key_tip_request() {
+    // A hidden window isn't drawn, so its waiting request would fire when it was shown again,
+    // long after the keys: hiding the window drops it.
+    let mut s = Session::new();
+    s.new_workbook();
+    let mut h = crate::common::os_harness(s, OperatingSystem::Nix);
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    let first = h.state().session.active_window().unwrap();
+    h.state_mut().run("view.newWindow", json!({})).unwrap();
+    let second = h.state().session.active_window().unwrap();
+    h.state_mut().show_window(second);
+    h.state_mut().ui.keytip_invoke_next = Some("insert.symbol");
+    h.state_mut().run("view.hideWindow", json!({"window": second})).unwrap();
+    h.state_mut().show_window(first);
+    h.state_mut().run("view.unhideWindow", json!({"window": second})).unwrap();
+    h.state_mut().show_window(second);
+    assert_eq!(h.state().ui.keytip_invoke_next, None);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_window_hidden_from_another_window_drops_its_parked_request() {
+    // Hidden while another window is in front (its request already parked), the window still
+    // loses the request, so showing it again doesn't open the control.
+    let mut s = Session::new();
+    s.new_workbook();
+    let mut h = crate::common::os_harness(s, OperatingSystem::Nix);
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    let first = h.state().session.active_window().unwrap();
+    h.state_mut().run("view.newWindow", json!({})).unwrap();
+    let second = h.state().session.active_window().unwrap();
+    h.state_mut().show_window(second);
+    h.state_mut().ui.keytip_invoke_next = Some("insert.symbol");
+    h.state_mut().enter_window(first);
+    h.state_mut().run("view.hideWindow", json!({"window": second})).unwrap();
+    h.state_mut().show_window(first);
+    h.state_mut().run("view.unhideWindow", json!({"window": second})).unwrap();
+    h.state_mut().show_window(second);
+    assert_eq!(h.state().ui.keytip_invoke_next, None);
+}
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/main.rs b/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/main.rs
index 4608f843c..4f0627ba3 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/main.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/main.rs
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ mod interaction;
 mod interface_scale;
 mod keyboard_shortcuts;
 mod keytips_generated;
+mod legacy_keytips;
 mod macro_editor;
 mod macros_ui;
 mod menu_hover;
diff --git a/docs/ui-parity.md b/docs/ui-parity.md
index 5a8a20783..85f63d42d 100644
--- a/docs/ui-parity.md
+++ b/docs/ui-parity.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Sources: `crates/ui-egui/src` (ribbon, grid, editor, formula bar, dialogs, panes
 | Formulas › Function Library | Insert Function, AutoSum, Recently Used and a menu per function category | yes (10-24): a big Insert Function button and three columns of labelled small buttons, the layout Excel uses when the window is not wide enough for a big button per category; each category's book icon has its own colour; a category menu shows each function's description on hover and ends with Insert Function…, which opens the dialog on that category; More Functions cascades into Statistical, Engineering, Cube, Information, Compatibility and Web; AutoSum is a split button whose menu (Sum, Average, Count Numbers, Max, Min, More Functions…) Home › Editing shares; Recently Used has the MR key tip | the wide layout with a big button per category is not offered; a function counts as recently used once its formula is entered, not when Insert Function's OK is pressed |
 | Ribbon: tabs, groups, split buttons, galleries, contextual tabs | yes | yes (Table Design, Chart Design, Format, PivotTable tabs) | done; missing contextual tabs for pictures, shapes, sparklines, header/footer, slicers |
 | Ribbon collapse, simplified ribbon, customize ribbon/QAT | yes | partial | customization missing |
-| Key tips (Alt / F10 then letters) | yes, every ribbon control | **initial** (#43, 10-10): Alt or F10 shows key tips on Home for alignment, Paste Special and AutoFit plus legacy Alt sequences; other tabs and controls not yet (#33, #49) | 3–5 h |
+| Key tips (Alt / F10 then letters) | yes, every ribbon control | **initial** (#43, 10-10): Alt or F10 shows key tips on Home for alignment, Paste Special and AutoFit plus the Excel 2003 menu keys (Alt+I, E, O, D, V, T and Alt+F, U, such as Alt+I, R or Alt+D, S); Alt+I, D, V and T, which have no ribbon tab, paint no badges, as in Excel (#941); other tabs and controls not yet (#33, #49) | 3–5 h |
 | Formula bar with Name Box, expand, function hints | yes | yes; grows with its content from one to five lines (Alt+Enter, wrapped text, or viewing a multi-line cell), then scrolls with the caret in view, the Name Box and buttons staying on the first line; the chevron pins it at five; the in-cell editor shows every line | done; no drag-to-resize handle |
 | Sheet tabs: rename, reorder, colour, hide, scroll | yes | yes | Ctrl-drag (Cmd or Option on macOS) drops a copy (#971); active tab revealed on navigation and resize (#681); manual wheel/trackpad browsing preserved; rename focus bug on macOS (#145) |
 | Formula bar with Name Box, expand, function hints | yes | yes | done; dynamic-array spill children show the source formula muted and read-only, using current spill ownership |
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ scrollbar bugs 2–4 · pixel/feel pass against observed Excel 7–12.
 
 | Date | Change | Summary |
 |---|---|---|
+| 2026-11-03 | minor | Excel 2003 menu access keys: 43 legacy sequences (Insert, Edit, Format, Data, View, Tools and File ▸ Page Setup, e.g. Alt+I, R inserts rows, Alt+E, A, A clears all, Alt+D, S sorts, Alt+T, O opens Options) run the existing commands and dialogs; Alt+I, D, V and T paint no badges, as in Excel (#941, #2311) |
 | 2026-11-03 | minor | Paste Special: every option has Excel's access key (A, F, V, T, C, N, X, W, R, U; O, D, S, M, I; B, E; L pastes the link at once), not only F, V, T, C and E (#1482) |
 | 2026-11-03 | minor | Draw tab: the stroke drawn under the pointer while dragging a pen is the ink that will be committed, in the pen's colour and thickness (translucent for a highlighter), instead of always blue at 2 pt (#1786) |
 | 2026-11-03 | minor | Copy puts a cell that holds a quote on the clipboard as it is (`say "hi"`), quoting only text with a tab or line break, as Excel does; pasting text reads a field as quoted only when its closing quote ends it, so `"hi" there` pastes with its quotes (#2225) |
diff --git a/xtask/src/keytips.rs b/xtask/src/keytips.rs
index 5b7137455..b662dd101 100644
--- a/xtask/src/keytips.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/keytips.rs
@@ -323,6 +323,11 @@ fn render_tests(entries: &[Entry], probe: &Probe) -> String {
                     id = e.target,
                 ),
             },
+            // Options is a Backstage page rather than a dialog box.
+            "dialog" if e.target == "options" => format!(
+                "sequence(&mut h, {seq:?}, false);\n    assert!(h.state().backstage.is_some(), \"{seq} must open the Options page\");",
+                seq = e.seq,
+            ),
             "dialog" => format!(
                 "sequence(&mut h, {seq:?}, false);\n    assert!(h.state().dialog.is_some(), \"{seq} must open the {dialog} dialog\");",
                 seq = e.seq,