On 18 Aug 99, at 13:55, Peter Ramins wrote:

> Does anyone know of a way to turn of the so called 'intelligent' mouse
> selection that many Windows programs use? For example, in Internet
> Explorer, if you try to highlight a word and a space, it automatically
> highlights the word adjacent to the space as well, and I find it highly
> irritating.

  You *may* be able to avoid some of this behaviour by using the shift and
arrow keys to extend/contract the selection area, rather than the mouse.


David G

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