>  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
>

Just a thought, I have seen odd behavior along these lines when the cap locks or scroll lock were on.

Next time it occurs, check the state of these keyboard toggles.

HTH,
Mitch

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