This is a really weird problem so it's hard to come up with a succient title.
I got a new Tecra M4 (tablet) and I'm running XP. I'm not having problems
with any other applications, but I can no longer use Excel. I open a
spreadsheet (new or existing) and try to select a cell but I get the "fat
plus" sign and cannot select the cell. From that point on, any time I try to
move off that cell, the fat plus just keeps highlighting cells - if I move to
the toobar or the right side bar, the fat plus keeps highlighting more and
more cells both vertically and horizontally and I can't close the application
using the "x" because the fat plus won't go away. Finally, I force close but
even when restarting etc., the problem isn't resolved. Help!

Press the F8 key once to turn off "extend selection".

Jacquelyn wrote:

> This is a really weird problem so it's hard to come up with a succient title.
> I got a new Tecra M4 (tablet) and I'm running XP. I'm not having problems
> with any other applications, but I can no longer use Excel. I open a
> spreadsheet (new or existing) and try to select a cell but I get the "fat
> plus" sign and cannot select the cell. From that point on, any time I try to
> move off that cell, the fat plus just keeps highlighting cells - if I move to
> the toobar or the right side bar, the fat plus keeps highlighting more and
> more cells both vertically and horizontally and I can't close the application
> using the "x" because the fat plus won't go away. Finally, I force close but
> even when restarting etc., the problem isn't resolved. Help!

nope, no luck. besides, i don't think any control would behave this way - it
makes the thing totally unsuable.

"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:

> Press the F8 key once to turn off "extend selection".
>
> Jacquelyn wrote:
>
> > This is a really weird problem so it's hard to come up with a succient title.
> > I got a new Tecra M4 (tablet) and I'm running XP. I'm not having problems
> > with any other applications, but I can no longer use Excel. I open a
> > spreadsheet (new or existing) and try to select a cell but I get the "fat
> > plus" sign and cannot select the cell. From that point on, any time I try to
> > move off that cell, the fat plus just keeps highlighting cells - if I move to
> > the toobar or the right side bar, the fat plus keeps highlighting more and
> > more cells both vertically and horizontally and I can't close the application
> > using the "x" because the fat plus won't go away. Finally, I force close but
> > even when restarting etc., the problem isn't resolved. Help!
>
>

Do you see an EXT indicator towards the right end of the status
bar in Excel?

Jacquelyn wrote:

> nope, no luck. besides, i don't think any control would behave this way - it
> makes the thing totally unsuable.
>
> "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:
>
>
>>Press the F8 key once to turn off "extend selection".
>>
>>Jacquelyn wrote:
>>
>>
>>>This is a really weird problem so it's hard to come up with a succient title.
>>>I got a new Tecra M4 (tablet) and I'm running XP. I'm not having problems
>>>with any other applications, but I can no longer use Excel. I open a
>>>spreadsheet (new or existing) and try to select a cell but I get the "fat
>>>plus" sign and cannot select the cell. From that point on, any time I try to
>>>move off that cell, the fat plus just keeps highlighting cells - if I move to
>>>the toobar or the right side bar, the fat plus keeps highlighting more and
>>>more cells both vertically and horizontally and I can't close the application
>>>using the "x" because the fat plus won't go away. Finally, I force close but
>>>even when restarting etc., the problem isn't resolved. Help!
>>
>>

nope. really - it's not a feature. you cannot close excel when it is in this
mode, you can't select any buttons and you can't even select any cells - the
cells are highlighted, but never selected, it doesn't matter if you double
click, right click whatever - it just keeps selecting cells.

"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:

> Do you see an EXT indicator towards the right end of the status
> bar in Excel?
>
> Jacquelyn wrote:
>
> > nope, no luck. besides, i don't think any control would behave this way - it
> > makes the thing totally unsuable.
> >
> > "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Press the F8 key once to turn off "extend selection".
> >>
> >>Jacquelyn wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>This is a really weird problem so it's hard to come up with a succient title.
> >>>I got a new Tecra M4 (tablet) and I'm running XP. I'm not having problems
> >>>with any other applications, but I can no longer use Excel. I open a
> >>>spreadsheet (new or existing) and try to select a cell but I get the "fat
> >>>plus" sign and cannot select the cell. From that point on, any time I try to
> >>>move off that cell, the fat plus just keeps highlighting cells - if I move to
> >>>the toobar or the right side bar, the fat plus keeps highlighting more and
> >>>more cells both vertically and horizontally and I can't close the application
> >>>using the "x" because the fat plus won't go away. Finally, I force close but
> >>>even when restarting etc., the problem isn't resolved. Help!
> >>
> >>
>
>

[DGN66]

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[amcell]

Same problem about to reinstall

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