Without warning, once every couple weeks, I will notice that my Excel will
stop behaving normally: when you try to enter a value into a cell, you
can't. Excel will highlight the cell instead. If you try to move from that
cell, you end up highlighting whole sections of the spreadsheet. The only
way I have found to stop this behavior is to reboot the computer. I am
currently using Excel 2007, although I had noticed this phenomenon occurring
ocasionally with my previous edition of Excel 2003. My question is: Is this
a glitch in Excel, a virus, or a deficiency in my PC? Any fixes available?

PhillyRon

See if this will help you

http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/ghosting.txt



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Regards,


Peo Sjoblom

"PhillyRon" wrote in message
...
Without warning, once every couple weeks, I will notice that my Excel will
stop behaving normally: when you try to enter a value into a cell, you
can't. Excel will highlight the cell instead. If you try to move from
that
cell, you end up highlighting whole sections of the spreadsheet. The only
way I have found to stop this behavior is to reboot the computer. I am
currently using Excel 2007, although I had noticed this phenomenon
occurring
ocasionally with my previous edition of Excel 2003. My question is: Is
this
a glitch in Excel, a virus, or a deficiency in my PC? Any fixes
available?

PhillyRon

Thanks for the info, Peo. I'm not sure if "ghosting" is the right diagnosis,
but I will work my way through the (extensive) collection of cures. If I
still have the problem, I will update this discussion.

"Peo Sjoblom" wrote:

See if this will help you

http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/ghosting.txt



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Regards,


Peo Sjoblom

"PhillyRon" wrote in message
...
Without warning, once every couple weeks, I will notice that my Excel will
stop behaving normally: when you try to enter a value into a cell, you
can't. Excel will highlight the cell instead. If you try to move from
that
cell, you end up highlighting whole sections of the spreadsheet. The only
way I have found to stop this behavior is to reboot the computer. I am
currently using Excel 2007, although I had noticed this phenomenon
occurring
ocasionally with my previous edition of Excel 2003. My question is: Is
this
a glitch in Excel, a virus, or a deficiency in my PC? Any fixes
available?

PhillyRon

Well,

is the scroll lock enabled, and num lock not enabled...
i think the issue is something with numlock and scroll lock keys.

trying using these keys and see if you can repeat the problem.

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Kind Regards,
Satti Charvak
Only an Excel Enthusiast
Noida, India


"PhillyRon" wrote:

Thanks for the info, Peo. I'm not sure if "ghosting" is the right diagnosis,
but I will work my way through the (extensive) collection of cures. If I
still have the problem, I will update this discussion.

"Peo Sjoblom" wrote:

See if this will help you

http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/ghosting.txt



--


Regards,


Peo Sjoblom

"PhillyRon" wrote in message
...
Without warning, once every couple weeks, I will notice that my Excel will
stop behaving normally: when you try to enter a value into a cell, you
can't. Excel will highlight the cell instead. If you try to move from
that
cell, you end up highlighting whole sections of the spreadsheet. The only
way I have found to stop this behavior is to reboot the computer. I am
currently using Excel 2007, although I had noticed this phenomenon
occurring
ocasionally with my previous edition of Excel 2003. My question is: Is
this
a glitch in Excel, a virus, or a deficiency in my PC? Any fixes
available?

PhillyRon

HI PhillyRon
I had a problem like that and had to change my keyboard.
If you can borrow a keyboard for a while, you'l know if thats the problem.
Good luck
Regards
John
"PhillyRon" wrote in message
...
Without warning, once every couple weeks, I will notice that my Excel will
stop behaving normally: when you try to enter a value into a cell, you
can't. Excel will highlight the cell instead. If you try to move from
that
cell, you end up highlighting whole sections of the spreadsheet. The only
way I have found to stop this behavior is to reboot the computer. I am
currently using Excel 2007, although I had noticed this phenomenon
occurring
ocasionally with my previous edition of Excel 2003. My question is: Is
this
a glitch in Excel, a virus, or a deficiency in my PC? Any fixes
available?

PhillyRon