Thans Jims, if only it was that simple but the lockup happens whether the EXT
is on of off and once I move the cursor and it is stuck in select then I
can't operate any other action including turning EXT on or off.

"Jim Cone" wrote:


The F8 key turns Extended selection on and off.
It displays "Ext"in the Status Bar near the clock.
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Jim Cone
San Francisco, USA
http://www.realezsites.com/bus/primitivesoftware
(Excel Add-ins / Excel Programming)



"lolapa" wrote in message ...
I have an ACER laptop (2 yrs old). When I open an XL file and put the cursor
on a cell or try to select an area it goes into a loop and I cannot end the
select action - whichever way I move the mouse (or my keypad if I am not
using a mouse) it keeps selecting. As a result I can't do anything with the
file and the only way out is Alt Ctrl Del. This has happened twice before and
I deleted and reloaded XL, ran SP3 again and then it works for a while then
corrupts again. I now have to take my XL files to another computer and
convert them to Word or other formats. I have no problem with any other
application. Can anyone help. Please!