techitch Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 This has probably been discussed before - When I select a cell in Excell 2003 the cursor seems to continue highlighting with out me asking it to. I am running a Toshiba laptop with touch pad - but have also tried using a mouse and still get the same problem. Is there a way of getting to stop selecting? I only want to select one cell at a time!!!! Thanks for your helpTechitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techitch Posted September 19, 2005 Author Share Posted September 19, 2005 More info in detail:I have a problem with Excel: When I select any cell, then let go of the left mouse button – it acts as though I am permanently holding down the left mouse button; i.e. it tries to select multiple cells. I cannot de-select the left mouse button and cannot access any of the menu buttons. The only thing I can do is right click on the taskbar at the bottom of the screen and close excel – open it up again and have the same problem!I thought it was a touchpad problem, so tried plugging in my mouse – same problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcemanND Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 check and see if any of the accessibility options are turned on, and check drag lock in the mouse control panel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techitch Posted September 19, 2005 Author Share Posted September 19, 2005 IcemanND, cheers buddy - where abouts are the accessability options though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringfinger Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 Start > Programs > Accessories > Accessibility Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redcloud Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 I thought this was normal. A cell is always highlighted, except as noted above. There should be no reason to un-highlight it unless going on to another cell. Also, you will notice, that if you save the document with a cell highlighted, the highlighted cell will re-appear when document is opened. At least in Quatro Pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlash428 Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 I would take Iceman's advice.One other thing that never seems to work but is always worth a try: Detect and repair or Check for updates (assuming you still have access to your install point). I don't know of any known bugs that would cause this problem though.Do you have a similar problem with any other apps? (i.e. selecting text in a word doc). Or is it just in Excel? If your mouse/touchpad only behaves this way while working in Excel, it may just be an application bug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRosenfeld Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 I have occasionally observed that in Windows Explorer when selecting files. closing/reopening solves it there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relampago Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 We have the same exact problem on a toshiba tecra convertible laptop. It looks like toshiba's pointing software is not playing nice with excel has anyone found an answer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Troy Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 Sure. See my article.http://www.officearticles.com/excel/cursor...osoft_excel.htmSorry to take so long replying! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybpsych Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 your CTRL key (left or right) must've been jammed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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