You must be using XL2007. The short cut to select the current region around
the active cell has changed from Ctrl+ * in 2003 to Shift+Ctrl+*

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Jacob Skaria


"ManhattanRebel" wrote:

When I click in a block of data and hit control asterick, instead of Excel
highlighting that specific block of cells, I get the following message
"cannot create outline". What is causing this problem?