You're duplicating them. I know because I do it all the time. You're
holding Ctrl down when you click them. The slightest mouse movement during
the click causes a drag. And a Ctrl-drag creates a copy.

--
Jim Rech
Excel MVP
"Jeff" wrote in message
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|I have a spreadsheet with several command buttons. For
| some reason, several of the command buttons duplicate
| themselves, for no apparent reason.
|
| Specifically, I would find copies of each command button
| piled on top of each button. There were normally only
| two copies of each button piled on top of each one.
|
| In case this other data is pertinent, the Format Control
| properties selected are (1) Move and size with cells, and
| (2) Print object.
|
| Why would command buttons duplicate themselves? How do I
| prevent this from occurring?
|
| Thank you very much.
|