William,
I have had this happen on several PC's that I take care of. The problem actually seems to be a memory issue, not Excel. If the person who is using the PC has lots of programs open that cause System Resources to be low, then Excel will do what you mentioned. You may want to check your PC resources when this happens. I've only seen this happen on PC's running Windows 98.
Connie Beseda
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Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Excel97 Problem
Date: August 16, 2003
From: William Patton
Subject:Re: Excel97 Problem
Thanks for your suggestion and from the person yesterday that mentioned
the multi-button mouse. I do have the MS Intell mouse. I tryed to
replicate the problem with those different buttons but am unable to
reproduce the problem. Debbie, thank you, I tested the F8 key that you
mentioned and it does closely look like that when I have the problem
although when it occurs I cannot exit the problem. Thanks for everyones
help. I will just have to be more careful and see if I am hitting some
other key or mouse button. Thank you
> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 17:06:35 -0500
> From: DebbieG <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Excel97 Problem
>
> Just a guess, but you might have hit the F8 key. Just hit it again and it
> should turn off the selection. I did this one time and it drove me crazy
> until someone told me about it.
>
> F8
> Turn extend mode on or off. In extend mode, EXT appears in the status
line,
> and the arrow keys extend the selection.
> SHIFT+F8
> Add another range of cells to the selection; or use the arrow keys to move
> to the start of the range you want to add, and then press F8 and the arrow
> keys to select the next range.
>
> Debbie Grabb
>
>
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>
> Date: August 14, 2003
> From: William Patton
> Subject: Excel97 Problem
>
> Hello. I am running Office 97. Periodically (maybe once every 2 weeks)
I
> select a cell and then hit control and attempt to select another cell,
> however whereever I move the pointer (after releasing control), everything
> becomes selected. If I move it off of the worksheet it just scrolls and
> selects to "infinity". I can do nothing. I have hit "escape" to no
avail.
> I have tried to close excel, but cannot. Once this condition happens
> nothing else can be done with any menu or left or right mouse buttons. I
> have even tried to terminate the program with "contl-alt-del" and
selecting
> Excel, but a message comes up that I cannot close excel. Please advise.
I
> finally have to reset the computer. I don't know what I do, I can never
> replicate it, however it keeps periodically happening always when I am
> selecting cells. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Are there any
> keyboard shortcuts that will close excel when it is "locked up in this
> state". Thank you, William Patton
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