In Excel 2007 I am trying to select a number of adjacent columns. As cells in
a number of rows crossing these columns are merged across more cloumns than I
would like to select, Excel is selecting all the columns which are cut across
by the merged cells. This did not happen in Excel 2003, I used to select
whatever rows or columns I needed.

How can I do so in 2007? Excel Help does not seem to be so helpful in this
respect.