Try clicking the wheel on the mouse, if your mouse has a wheel.


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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com


"jl" wrote in message
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when I click on a cell it becomes locked. Moving the mouse
highlights any
other cell moved over. The only way to get out of excel once a
cell is
clicked is via the task manager. I have tried pressing F8 with
no luck