diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/formula_bar.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/formula_bar.rs
index 848ba5458..8c12c4d9e 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/formula_bar.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/formula_bar.rs
@@ -325,6 +325,8 @@ pub fn editor_widget(app: &mut SheetApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, id: egui::Id, font:
             ed.completion = crate::editor::column_completion(sh, ed.cell, &ed.text);
         }
         ed.point = None;
+        // Typing ends the pointing: the next arrow starts again from the edited cell, as in Excel.
+        ed.point_cell = None;
         let names: Vec<String> = function_names()
             .iter()
             .map(|name| {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/tests/selection.rs b/crates/ui-egui/tests/selection.rs
index faebebf00..297870808 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/tests/selection.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/tests/selection.rs
@@ -159,3 +159,20 @@ fn formula_point_drag_keeps_the_sheet_qualifier() {
     h.state_mut().session.execute("sheet.activate", json!({"sheet": "Sheet1"})).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(cells(&h), before);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn formula_arrow_pointing_restarts_from_the_edited_cell_after_typing() {
+    let mut h = harness("B4");
+    h.state_mut().begin_edit(Some("=".into()), false);
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    h.key_press(egui::Key::ArrowUp);
+    h.run_steps(1);
+    h.key_press(egui::Key::ArrowUp);
+    h.run_steps(1);
+    assert_eq!(h.state().editor.as_ref().unwrap().text, "=B2");
+    frame(&mut h, Event::Text("+".into()));
+    h.run_steps(1);
+    h.key_press(egui::Key::ArrowUp);
+    h.run_steps(1);
+    assert_eq!(h.state().editor.as_ref().unwrap().text, "=B2+B3");
+}