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When I select a cell in Excel I cannot deselect it. Ideas?
Good day,
When I select, or click on, a cell in the spreadsheet, I cannot get it to release. I hit escape, I try to enter text, I try to click on another part of the spreadsheet, and I try, and fail, to right click. But the cell remains selected and if I move the cursor it drags and highlights other cells. If I go outside the spreadsheet I can select help or one of the other choices on the bar but I remain locked to that one cell in the spreadsheet. I have to go to Task Manager to kill the program to get out of it. I received Microsoft updates recently, within the past day or two. I ran a Macafee virus check today. Updated my signatures yesterday, 9/15/06. I ran a spyware check today. Have I selected some feature inadvertently that I need to deselect? Any guidance would be appreciated. thanks, john |
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When I select a cell in Excel I cannot deselect it. Ideas?
Hi,
I had this problem a number of times in the middle of long edits of big spreadsheets and ONCE accidentally found the way out, which of course I can no longer remember. The problem seemed to occur as a result of a failed drag-and-drop, which failed due to premature release of the left mouse button while dragging. Can happen when you have a hiccough. Now I'm trying (with a blank sheet open and all others closed!) to re-create the problem, which was indeed something to do with a latching selection of some kind. But it's not the right-hand mouse button and it's not the wheel... best regards, Nick Cory 14656 Brieselang, nr. Berlin, Germany |
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When I select a cell in Excel I cannot deselect it. Ideas?
Do you see "EXT" on the status bar?
If so, hit F8 key to get out of extended mode. If using a wheelie mouse, try tapping the roller up and down a few times. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 13:21:02 -0700, John789 wrote: Good day, When I select, or click on, a cell in the spreadsheet, I cannot get it to release. I hit escape, I try to enter text, I try to click on another part of the spreadsheet, and I try, and fail, to right click. But the cell remains selected and if I move the cursor it drags and highlights other cells. If I go outside the spreadsheet I can select help or one of the other choices on the bar but I remain locked to that one cell in the spreadsheet. I have to go to Task Manager to kill the program to get out of it. I received Microsoft updates recently, within the past day or two. I ran a Macafee virus check today. Updated my signatures yesterday, 9/15/06. I ran a spyware check today. Have I selected some feature inadvertently that I need to deselect? Any guidance would be appreciated. thanks, john Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP |
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When I select a cell in Excel I cannot deselect it. Ideas?
Just a stab in the dark, but when I get this kind of problem it is usually a
keyboard key-lock issue. Try using the Ctrl and/or the Shift keys while clicking on another cell. I have usually been able to get control back doing this, but not sure what the actual cause... my guess is a flakey keyboard and/or driver. Good luck, TK "John789" wrote: Good day, When I select, or click on, a cell in the spreadsheet, I cannot get it to release. I hit escape, I try to enter text, I try to click on another part of the spreadsheet, and I try, and fail, to right click. But the cell remains selected and if I move the cursor it drags and highlights other cells. If I go outside the spreadsheet I can select help or one of the other choices on the bar but I remain locked to that one cell in the spreadsheet. I have to go to Task Manager to kill the program to get out of it. I received Microsoft updates recently, within the past day or two. I ran a Macafee virus check today. Updated my signatures yesterday, 9/15/06. I ran a spyware check today. Have I selected some feature inadvertently that I need to deselect? Any guidance would be appreciated. thanks, john |
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When I select a cell in Excel I cannot deselect it. Ideas?
And if you find the answer, please post it back here!
"John789" wrote: Good day, When I select, or click on, a cell in the spreadsheet, I cannot get it to release. I hit escape, I try to enter text, I try to click on another part of the spreadsheet, and I try, and fail, to right click. But the cell remains selected and if I move the cursor it drags and highlights other cells. If I go outside the spreadsheet I can select help or one of the other choices on the bar but I remain locked to that one cell in the spreadsheet. I have to go to Task Manager to kill the program to get out of it. I received Microsoft updates recently, within the past day or two. I ran a Macafee virus check today. Updated my signatures yesterday, 9/15/06. I ran a spyware check today. Have I selected some feature inadvertently that I need to deselect? Any guidance would be appreciated. thanks, john |
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When I select a cell in Excel I cannot deselect it. Ideas?
Hi
Thanks, Gord. I searched the Excel Help for items like "F8", "extended mode", cell selection and so on but could not find any information about this function. An undocumented feature? But useful, when searching for the corner cell of a very large range, to be able to hit F8 to toggle the extended mode. Good that there are MVPs out there. I wonder how the application got into extended mode in the first place, right in the middle of an edit... kind regards Nick Cory 14656 Brieselang nr. Berlin, Germany |
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When I select a cell in Excel I cannot deselect it. Ideas?
I will take this as a "it worked".
Not an undocumented feature. In Help type "ext" to get some info on "selecting cells on a worksheet" which mentions the extended mode and F8 OR "keyboard shortcuts" to see what the F8 key provides. Another shortcut I like is hitting SHIFT + F8 to get into ADD mode. This allows you to select non-contiguous areas without using CTRL + Click. Gord On 16 Sep 2006 00:46:24 -0700, "NickCory" wrote: Hi Thanks, Gord. I searched the Excel Help for items like "F8", "extended mode", cell selection and so on but could not find any information about this function. An undocumented feature? But useful, when searching for the corner cell of a very large range, to be able to hit F8 to toggle the extended mode. Good that there are MVPs out there. I wonder how the application got into extended mode in the first place, right in the middle of an edit... kind regards Nick Cory 14656 Brieselang nr. Berlin, Germany |
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