This is happening within an open spreadsheet. Somehow I have accidentally
hit something or some combination of keys that makes the cursor "stuck" in
selection mode. I've tried escape, enter, and a variety of combinations like
control scroll and it just won't stop. I have had this happen before though
can't remember how we got it to stop. I will print out the answer if someone
is able to tell me the trick and it works. It is a very frustrating
situation because even if you contol-alt-delete and end the program, when you
restart Excel and open the spreadsheet, it is in the same status.

I appreciate all help. Thank you.

Hi,

I'm not sure I understand but try tapping F8

Mike

"nitewowl" wrote:

> This is happening within an open spreadsheet. Somehow I have accidentally
> hit something or some combination of keys that makes the cursor "stuck" in
> selection mode. I've tried escape, enter, and a variety of combinations like
> control scroll and it just won't stop. I have had this happen before though
> can't remember how we got it to stop. I will print out the answer if someone
> is able to tell me the trick and it works. It is a very frustrating
> situation because even if you contol-alt-delete and end the program, when you
> restart Excel and open the spreadsheet, it is in the same status.
>
> I appreciate all help. Thank you.

It is not entirely clear to me what you mean with "cursor stuck", but try
function key F8

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Kind regards,

Niek Otten
Microsoft MVP - Excel


"nitewowl" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
newsCAF970B-2040-4BC1-9B93-(E-Mail Removed)...
> This is happening within an open spreadsheet. Somehow I have accidentally
> hit something or some combination of keys that makes the cursor "stuck" in
> selection mode. I've tried escape, enter, and a variety of combinations
> like
> control scroll and it just won't stop. I have had this happen before
> though
> can't remember how we got it to stop. I will print out the answer if
> someone
> is able to tell me the trick and it works. It is a very frustrating
> situation because even if you contol-alt-delete and end the program, when
> you
> restart Excel and open the spreadsheet, it is in the same status.
>
> I appreciate all help. Thank you.

If you're using xl2007, try changing the zoom (bottom right corner).

Back to 100% (???).

nitewowl wrote:
>
> This is happening within an open spreadsheet. Somehow I have accidentally
> hit something or some combination of keys that makes the cursor "stuck" in
> selection mode. I've tried escape, enter, and a variety of combinations like
> control scroll and it just won't stop. I have had this happen before though
> can't remember how we got it to stop. I will print out the answer if someone
> is able to tell me the trick and it works. It is a very frustrating
> situation because even if you contol-alt-delete and end the program, when you
> restart Excel and open the spreadsheet, it is in the same status.
>
> I appreciate all help. Thank you.

--

Dave Peterson

It seems that a complete reboot has solved the situation. I've printed this
quick discussion though to try the F8 approach next time it happens. Thank
you both.

"Niek Otten" wrote:

> It is not entirely clear to me what you mean with "cursor stuck", but try
> function key F8
>
> --
> Kind regards,
>
> Niek Otten
> Microsoft MVP - Excel
>
>
> "nitewowl" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> newsCAF970B-2040-4BC1-9B93-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > This is happening within an open spreadsheet. Somehow I have accidentally
> > hit something or some combination of keys that makes the cursor "stuck" in
> > selection mode. I've tried escape, enter, and a variety of combinations
> > like
> > control scroll and it just won't stop. I have had this happen before
> > though
> > can't remember how we got it to stop. I will print out the answer if
> > someone
> > is able to tell me the trick and it works. It is a very frustrating
> > situation because even if you contol-alt-delete and end the program, when
> > you
> > restart Excel and open the spreadsheet, it is in the same status.
> >
> > I appreciate all help. Thank you.
>

Another possibility is that you accidentally activated StickyKeys mode, which
causes the effect you described. Pressing the Shift key 5 times within a few
seconds toggles StickyKeys on/off.

Hope this helps,

Hutch

"nitewowl" wrote:

> This is happening within an open spreadsheet. Somehow I have accidentally
> hit something or some combination of keys that makes the cursor "stuck" in
> selection mode. I've tried escape, enter, and a variety of combinations like
> control scroll and it just won't stop. I have had this happen before though
> can't remember how we got it to stop. I will print out the answer if someone
> is able to tell me the trick and it works. It is a very frustrating
> situation because even if you contol-alt-delete and end the program, when you
> restart Excel and open the spreadsheet, it is in the same status.
>
> I appreciate all help. Thank you.

[afatsum]

I had the same problem. I went to the list of solutions provided - none worked.

I realised that I had frozen my panes. I unfroze them and voila....it worked.

I suggest you do the same.

After it started to work I froze my panes and found the cursor to scroll freely....perhaps a bug....