scroll lock in Excel only
 

When I open an EXCEL spreadsheet, my mouse and keyboard are locked in scroll
or something. Everything I drag my the mouse over gets highlighted like
scroll lock. I cannot click on any of the commands after that happens and
the only way to close EXCEL is with control-alt-delete. The scroll lock on
the keyboard is NOT on. Can anyone help me!!!

scroll lock in Excel only
 

Usual cause of this is you have hit the F8 key which puts you into "Extended
Mode"

Do you see "EXT" on the lower right of the Status Bar?

Hit F8 to clear.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Wed, 4 Mar 2009 12:50:07 -0800, Matt
wrote:

When I open an EXCEL spreadsheet, my mouse and keyboard are locked in scroll
or something. Everything I drag my the mouse over gets highlighted like
scroll lock. I cannot click on any of the commands after that happens and
the only way to close EXCEL is with control-alt-delete. The scroll lock on
the keyboard is NOT on. Can anyone help me!!!

scroll lock in Excel only
 

Nope - hitting the F8 key did not help. This problem is only happening in
Excel?

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

Usual cause of this is you have hit the F8 key which puts you into "Extended
Mode"

Do you see "EXT" on the lower right of the Status Bar?

Hit F8 to clear.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Wed, 4 Mar 2009 12:50:07 -0800, Matt
wrote:

When I open an EXCEL spreadsheet, my mouse and keyboard are locked in scroll
or something. Everything I drag my the mouse over gets highlighted like
scroll lock. I cannot click on any of the commands after that happens and
the only way to close EXCEL is with control-alt-delete. The scroll lock on
the keyboard is NOT on. Can anyone help me!!!

scroll lock in Excel only
 

Excel 2007?

Try setting the Zoom level a little lower or higher.

The multiple cell selection is a bug in Excel 2007.

The zoom-changing appears to fix it.


Gord

On Thu, 5 Mar 2009 06:16:20 -0800, Matt
wrote:

Nope - hitting the F8 key did not help. This problem is only happening in
Excel?

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

Usual cause of this is you have hit the F8 key which puts you into "Extended
Mode"

Do you see "EXT" on the lower right of the Status Bar?

Hit F8 to clear.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Wed, 4 Mar 2009 12:50:07 -0800, Matt
wrote:

When I open an EXCEL spreadsheet, my mouse and keyboard are locked in scroll
or something. Everything I drag my the mouse over gets highlighted like
scroll lock. I cannot click on any of the commands after that happens and
the only way to close EXCEL is with control-alt-delete. The scroll lock on
the keyboard is NOT on. Can anyone help me!!!