none of these suggestions worked - it appears that it is not an "object" as
excel defines an object. for instance when I tried "Edit--Go
to--Special--Objects and
hit Delete" excel told me there were no obects in the document.
could it be some sort of indicator like the little red triangle that appears
when a cell has a comment attached to it?

-redmoon

"Anne Troy" wrote:

If it's the only object, you can use Edit--Go to--Special--Objects and
hit Delete.
Otherwise, use the selector tool on the drawing toolbar or design view from
the Control toolbox.
Ref:
http://www.officearticles.com/misc/d...oft_office.htm
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Anne Troy
www.OfficeArticles.com

"sonjaredmoon" wrote in message
...
a black and gray object like a radio button appeared in the upper left
corner
of a cell after a cut/paste action. there was a radio button in the
original
document next to the text I was copying. when you click on it, the
toolbars
go gray, and the object changes like a radio button, but nothing else
appears
to happen. nothing happens on right-click. this object obscures part of
the
text in this cell.
what is it and how do I get rid of it?