Placing cursor in PPT tables - driving me crazy

[confused table user]

Hello,

Can anyone please tell me how to stop powerpoint (2003) automatically
highlighting 6 - 8 cells everytime I click inside a table. I work with a lot
of tables (editing text etc) and would dearly love to stop it doing this.
All I want to do is place the cursor exactly where I point and click first
time. Does this make sense? I just want to be able to click in the table
once and start editing text with out it highlighting multiple cells that need
2 more clicks to get me where I want to - i.e. editing text.

Many thanks to anyone who can solve this.

 

[John Wilson]

Bit of a long shot but you might want to check that click lock is off in the
Mouse Control Panel

 

[confused table user]

Nice suggestion. Unfortunately i just checked and it is unchecked. Hmm. It
doesn't do it inWord tables for some reason. In Word I can place the cursor
exactly where I want it first time. I've also noticed (in Powerpoint) that
it highlights the entire sentance from the start of the bullet right up to
the insertion point too.