Excel mouse lock?

  • Thread starter Thread starter David Murphy
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David Murphy

When I've opened an excel spreadsheet and click on a cell
it appears as if the left mouse button is being held down
even after release. This prevents any other functions and
I have to close excel down using ctrl alt del.

Any ideas whats gone wrong has a virus caused this?
 
David

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.

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
 
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