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strange problem with touchpad/excel
Sometimes when I am using excel on my laptop, I must be hitting a combination
of keys too quickly and I end up with what seems to be a stuck 'left click' button. I'm not actually touching any buttons, but on the screen, if I move the mouse, all the cells will highlight and I cant click out of it. I cant save or do anything. I actually have to restart my laptop in order to make it stop. This is very frustrating as I am losing data everytime it happens. I dont know if I have explained the problem very well, but hopefully someone will know what I am talking about and will have some suggestions? |
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Your left click button needs repair.
"dani" wrote: Sometimes when I am using excel on my laptop, I must be hitting a combination of keys too quickly and I end up with what seems to be a stuck 'left click' button. I'm not actually touching any buttons, but on the screen, if I move the mouse, all the cells will highlight and I cant click out of it. I cant save or do anything. I actually have to restart my laptop in order to make it stop. This is very frustrating as I am losing data everytime it happens. I dont know if I have explained the problem very well, but hopefully someone will know what I am talking about and will have some suggestions? |
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try right clicking out of it? -- fluci ------------------------------------------------------------------------ fluci's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=25896 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=392922 |
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"dani" wrote: Sometimes when I am using excel on my laptop, I must be hitting a combination of keys too quickly and I end up with what seems to be a stuck 'left click' button. I'm not actually touching any buttons, but on the screen, if I move the mouse, all the cells will highlight and I cant click out of it. I cant save or do anything. I actually have to restart my laptop in order to make it stop. This is very frustrating as I am losing data everytime it happens. I dont know if I have explained the problem very well, but hopefully someone will know what I am talking about and will have some suggestions? |
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My co worker and I have the exact same issue!!! I do not believe that it
does have to do with a bad left click...because I don't have any issues in any other applications. Just happens at the most random of times, and YES it is extremely frustrating. Please - does anyone know what is causing this?! Thanks! Teresa "dani" wrote: Sometimes when I am using excel on my laptop, I must be hitting a combination of keys too quickly and I end up with what seems to be a stuck 'left click' button. I'm not actually touching any buttons, but on the screen, if I move the mouse, all the cells will highlight and I cant click out of it. I cant save or do anything. I actually have to restart my laptop in order to make it stop. This is very frustrating as I am losing data everytime it happens. I dont know if I have explained the problem very well, but hopefully someone will know what I am talking about and will have some suggestions? |
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Teresa/dani
A common cause of this is that you are in "Extended" or "Add" mode. If you see "EXT" or "ADD" down on the status bar try hitting F8 key a couple of times. F8 will will toggle you in and out of Extended mode. SHIFT + F8 will put you in "ADD" mode. With the "ADD" mode you need to re-click the mouse. This is used to select non-contiguous cells and ranges without using the CTRL key. With the "EXT" mode you just click once and drag. All cells will be selected. If you are using a wheel-mouse tap the wheel a couple times. Also see David McRitchie's "Ghosting" at http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/ghosting.txt Gord Dibben Excel MVP On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:47:02 -0700, Teresa wrote: My co worker and I have the exact same issue!!! I do not believe that it does have to do with a bad left click...because I don't have any issues in any other applications. Just happens at the most random of times, and YES it is extremely frustrating. Please - does anyone know what is causing this?! Thanks! Teresa "dani" wrote: Sometimes when I am using excel on my laptop, I must be hitting a combination of keys too quickly and I end up with what seems to be a stuck 'left click' button. I'm not actually touching any buttons, but on the screen, if I move the mouse, all the cells will highlight and I cant click out of it. I cant save or do anything. I actually have to restart my laptop in order to make it stop. This is very frustrating as I am losing data everytime it happens. I dont know if I have explained the problem very well, but hopefully someone will know what I am talking about and will have some suggestions? |
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This problems seems to be particularly common on Dell laptops. We all have the problem at work but our IT people can't solve it. The Dell Forum has loads of messages from people with the problem and suggested fixes which never seem to help. I managed to recover control of my laptop earlier today by plugging in a real mouse (which worked OK in EXCEL) then unplugging it but don't know if it will work next time. I have never known it happen with any other piece of software which suggests that it is not a fault with the touchpad. MB "Mike" wrote: Your left click button needs repair. "dani" wrote: Sometimes when I am using excel on my laptop, I must be hitting a combination of keys too quickly and I end up with what seems to be a stuck 'left click' button. I'm not actually touching any buttons, but on the screen, if I move the mouse, all the cells will highlight and I cant click out of it. I cant save or do anything. I actually have to restart my laptop in order to make it stop. This is very frustrating as I am losing data everytime it happens. I dont know if I have explained the problem very well, but hopefully someone will know what I am talking about and will have some suggestions? |
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