For some reason every time I click on a cell it selects three total cells
together: the one I meant to select plus the two directly below it. Does
anybody know why this is happening? Or better yet, how can I fix it to
select only one cell at a time? When I start a new document it seems to be
fine, and it only occurs after I've been working in a document for a while.

I am having the same issue and losing patience- quickly. I have not had this
issue in the past and have only encountered in the past couple of days. I can
sometimes get it out of that "3 cell selection mode" by randomly clicking
around the worksheet or closing the document...SOMETIMES. Any insight would
be GREATLY appreciated.

"herbyd" wrote:

For some reason every time I click on a cell it selects three total cells
together: the one I meant to select plus the two directly below it. Does
anybody know why this is happening? Or better yet, how can I fix it to
select only one cell at a time? When I start a new document it seems to be
fine, and it only occurs after I've been working in a document for a while.

I've actually found that zooming into anything other than 100% corrects the
problem. weird but true.

"Jennifer" wrote:

I am having the same issue and losing patience- quickly. I have not had this
issue in the past and have only encountered in the past couple of days. I can
sometimes get it out of that "3 cell selection mode" by randomly clicking
around the worksheet or closing the document...SOMETIMES. Any insight would
be GREATLY appreciated.

"herbyd" wrote:

For some reason every time I click on a cell it selects three total cells
together: the one I meant to select plus the two directly below it. Does
anybody know why this is happening? Or better yet, how can I fix it to
select only one cell at a time? When I start a new document it seems to be
fine, and it only occurs after I've been working in a document for a while.

Does it look like one large cells?

If yes, then the 3 cells are merged.

Rightclick on one of them
Format Cells|alignment tab|uncheck the Merge

If it looks like 3 separate cells, try hitting the F8 key. Then select the
range again.

F8 is the Extend the selection button.

herbyd wrote:

For some reason every time I click on a cell it selects three total cells
together: the one I meant to select plus the two directly below it. Does
anybody know why this is happening? Or better yet, how can I fix it to
select only one cell at a time? When I start a new document it seems to be
fine, and it only occurs after I've been working in a document for a while.

--

Dave Peterson

Hey, I'll take what I can get- Thank you!! It was nice to know I wasn't going
crazy!!

"herbyd" wrote:

I've actually found that zooming into anything other than 100% corrects the
problem. weird but true.

"Jennifer" wrote:

I am having the same issue and losing patience- quickly. I have not had this
issue in the past and have only encountered in the past couple of days. I can
sometimes get it out of that "3 cell selection mode" by randomly clicking
around the worksheet or closing the document...SOMETIMES. Any insight would
be GREATLY appreciated.

"herbyd" wrote:

For some reason every time I click on a cell it selects three total cells
together: the one I meant to select plus the two directly below it. Does
anybody know why this is happening? Or better yet, how can I fix it to
select only one cell at a time? When I start a new document it seems to be
fine, and it only occurs after I've been working in a document for a while.