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I am going crazy! I recently got Office 07 on my computer...it was working
fine...now for some reason when I am working in excel...when I go to click on
a cell, it will select the cell I want AND the adjoining two or three cells
(typically three). I have tried everything that was even CLOSE that has been
talked about on this thread and I can't for the life of me figure out how to
get the dumb program to let me click on just ONE cell at a time.

The odd thing...it doesn't do it ALL the time...just MOST of the time. Some
times it works just fine...I can click on a cell outside of the work I am
doing, like on another page, and it will work just fine...then I go back to
where I am working and it selects multiple cells again.

Please help!
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Pressing F8 engages multiple cell selection. Press F8 again to
disable...or, you should just be able to press Esc and continue working.

HTH,
Paul

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"LeahT" wrote in message
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I am going crazy! I recently got Office 07 on my computer...it was working
fine...now for some reason when I am working in excel...when I go to click
on
a cell, it will select the cell I want AND the adjoining two or three
cells
(typically three). I have tried everything that was even CLOSE that has
been
talked about on this thread and I can't for the life of me figure out how
to
get the dumb program to let me click on just ONE cell at a time.

The odd thing...it doesn't do it ALL the time...just MOST of the time.
Some
times it works just fine...I can click on a cell outside of the work I am
doing, like on another page, and it will work just fine...then I go back
to
where I am working and it selects multiple cells again.

Please help!



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Yeah...I tried that...doesn't work! :-(

"PCLIVE" wrote:

Pressing F8 engages multiple cell selection. Press F8 again to
disable...or, you should just be able to press Esc and continue working.

HTH,
Paul

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"LeahT" wrote in message
...
I am going crazy! I recently got Office 07 on my computer...it was working
fine...now for some reason when I am working in excel...when I go to click
on
a cell, it will select the cell I want AND the adjoining two or three
cells
(typically three). I have tried everything that was even CLOSE that has
been
talked about on this thread and I can't for the life of me figure out how
to
get the dumb program to let me click on just ONE cell at a time.

The odd thing...it doesn't do it ALL the time...just MOST of the time.
Some
times it works just fine...I can click on a cell outside of the work I am
doing, like on another page, and it will work just fine...then I go back
to
where I am working and it selects multiple cells again.

Please help!




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Does it do it using the arrows on the keyboard as well?
Maybe some is playing a joke on you and has added some code to your
personal.xls workbook that is extending the selection any time a cell is
selected.

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"LeahT" wrote in message
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Yeah...I tried that...doesn't work! :-(

"PCLIVE" wrote:

Pressing F8 engages multiple cell selection. Press F8 again to
disable...or, you should just be able to press Esc and continue working.

HTH,
Paul

--

"LeahT" wrote in message
...
I am going crazy! I recently got Office 07 on my computer...it was
working
fine...now for some reason when I am working in excel...when I go to
click
on
a cell, it will select the cell I want AND the adjoining two or three
cells
(typically three). I have tried everything that was even CLOSE that has
been
talked about on this thread and I can't for the life of me figure out
how
to
get the dumb program to let me click on just ONE cell at a time.

The odd thing...it doesn't do it ALL the time...just MOST of the time.
Some
times it works just fine...I can click on a cell outside of the work I
am
doing, like on another page, and it will work just fine...then I go
back
to
where I am working and it selects multiple cells again.

Please help!






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It does not seem to do it when I use the arrows...although I think trying
that brought something to light...it seems to be that the cell I am trying to
click on is one that was reduced in size...so it is narrower. It still
doesn't explain why it is selecting three and four sometimes!?

"PCLIVE" wrote:

Does it do it using the arrows on the keyboard as well?
Maybe some is playing a joke on you and has added some code to your
personal.xls workbook that is extending the selection any time a cell is
selected.

--

"LeahT" wrote in message
...
Yeah...I tried that...doesn't work! :-(

"PCLIVE" wrote:

Pressing F8 engages multiple cell selection. Press F8 again to
disable...or, you should just be able to press Esc and continue working.

HTH,
Paul

--

"LeahT" wrote in message
...
I am going crazy! I recently got Office 07 on my computer...it was
working
fine...now for some reason when I am working in excel...when I go to
click
on
a cell, it will select the cell I want AND the adjoining two or three
cells
(typically three). I have tried everything that was even CLOSE that has
been
talked about on this thread and I can't for the life of me figure out
how
to
get the dumb program to let me click on just ONE cell at a time.

The odd thing...it doesn't do it ALL the time...just MOST of the time.
Some
times it works just fine...I can click on a cell outside of the work I
am
doing, like on another page, and it will work just fine...then I go
back
to
where I am working and it selects multiple cells again.

Please help!








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"PCLIVE" wrote:

Does it do it using the arrows on the keyboard as well?
Maybe some is playing a joke on you and has added some code to your
personal.xls workbook that is extending the selection any time a cell is
selected.

--

"LeahT" wrote in message
...
Yeah...I tried that...doesn't work! :-(

"PCLIVE" wrote:

Pressing F8 engages multiple cell selection. Press F8 again to
disable...or, you should just be able to press Esc and continue working.

HTH,
Paul

--

"LeahT" wrote in message
...
I am going crazy! I recently got Office 07 on my computer...it was
working
fine...now for some reason when I am working in excel...when I go to
click
on
a cell, it will select the cell I want AND the adjoining two or three
cells
(typically three). I have tried everything that was even CLOSE that has
been
talked about on this thread and I can't for the life of me figure out
how
to
get the dumb program to let me click on just ONE cell at a time.

The odd thing...it doesn't do it ALL the time...just MOST of the time.
Some
times it works just fine...I can click on a cell outside of the work I
am
doing, like on another page, and it will work just fine...then I go
back
to
where I am working and it selects multiple cells again.

Please help!






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Default Selecting A cell...

She is definitely not crazy. I am experiencing the exact same problem..while
selecting a cell it randomly selects three or four cells at a time...but not
all cells and not all the time...help!

"PCLIVE" wrote:

Does it do it using the arrows on the keyboard as well?
Maybe some is playing a joke on you and has added some code to your
personal.xls workbook that is extending the selection any time a cell is
selected.


"LeahT" wrote in message
...
Yeah...I tried that...doesn't work! :-(

"PCLIVE" wrote:

Pressing F8 engages multiple cell selection. Press F8 again to
disable...or, you should just be able to press Esc and continue working.

HTH,
Paul

--

"LeahT" wrote in message
...
I am going crazy! I recently got Office 07 on my computer...it was
working
fine...now for some reason when I am working in excel...when I go to
click
on
a cell, it will select the cell I want AND the adjoining two or three
cells
(typically three). I have tried everything that was even CLOSE that has
been
talked about on this thread and I can't for the life of me figure out
how
to
get the dumb program to let me click on just ONE cell at a time.

The odd thing...it doesn't do it ALL the time...just MOST of the time.
Some
times it works just fine...I can click on a cell outside of the work I
am
doing, like on another page, and it will work just fine...then I go
back
to
where I am working and it selects multiple cells again.

Please help!






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