If you see "EXT" or "ADD" on the Excel Status bar lower
right hand side in one of the small boxes then hit F8
until it goes away, or hit Shift+F8 release and select
a single cell.
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/statusbar.htm

If that is not the problem then see
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/ghosting.txt
a problem that I have not had for a very long time.

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HTH,
David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel
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"farmerdan" wrote in message ...
The curser does not move to individual cells, it automatically highlights
multiple cells instead. I have shut down and restarted but the poblem
continues