Look at the status bar at the bottom of the screen... do you see 'Extend
Selection'?

If yes, press F8 key once so that it goes away.

"Dave P" wrote:

Excel 2007, I select 1 cell and excel selects 2,3 or 4 cells below the chosen
cell.
I've scoured the help menu's and can't find anything related to stop this
happening.
Please help...this is so frustrating!!!!

Regards and thanks

Dave