STOP the zooming! Mouse scroll wheel in Excel 2004... on a Mac

[stedman]

Upgraded to Office 2004 recently. Well, now, whenever an Excel doc
comes up now, and I use the scroll wheel (Kensington mouse) to scroll
up or down the page... I get zooming instead!

This is on a Mac running Tiger and, though I've looked and looked,
there is no option in the preferences panel for Excel to turn this off.
Nor could I find an option in the Kensington mouse to alter its
behavior (substitute something) for scroll wheel.

I found the tip for Windows users (Tools, Options, General, uncheck
roll on Intellimouse) but under General prefs on the Mac version there
is no option.

Yes, I can click on the spreadsheet first to stop the distracting,
irritating behavior, but that's a nuisance and it's been weeks and I
continue to get zooming first (obviously clicking on a doc first is
counter-intuitive, at least to this user). This is an example of
Microsoft taking control and it drives me batty.

Is there a pref I've overlooked somewhere? Appreciate any assistance.

 

[Ninja Stevie]

On windows one way to zoom in excel using the mouse wheel is to hold
Ctrl. Could this be the same and your ctrl button is knacked? i havent
used a mac.

 

[JE McGimpsey]

There's no preference setting for zooming. I don't think it's an XL
problem, per se - my Intellimouse doesn't display this behavior - it
zooms only when the CTRL key is held down. However, you should make sure
you've gotten the latest update of Office 2004.

The only way I can reproduce the zoom without holding the CTRL key down
is to have Sticky keys enabled (System Preferences/Universal Access) and
press the CTRL key.

Tiger broke some mouse drivers (including Intellimouse), so you should
make sure that you have the latest Kensington driver.

While I didn't find anything in the Archives, you might find someone who
knows about Kensington mice in the microsoft.public.mac.office.excel
newsgroup.

 

[Bill Sharpe]

Upgraded to Office 2004 recently. Well, now, whenever an Excel doc
comes up now, and I use the scroll wheel (Kensington mouse) to scroll
up or down the page... I get zooming instead!

This is on a Mac running Tiger and, though I've looked and looked,
there is no option in the preferences panel for Excel to turn this off.
Nor could I find an option in the Kensington mouse to alter its
behavior (substitute something) for scroll wheel.

I found the tip for Windows users (Tools, Options, General, uncheck
roll on Intellimouse) but under General prefs on the Mac version there
is no option.

Yes, I can click on the spreadsheet first to stop the distracting,
irritating behavior, but that's a nuisance and it's been weeks and I
continue to get zooming first (obviously clicking on a doc first is
counter-intuitive, at least to this user). This is an example of
Microsoft taking control and it drives me batty.

Is there a pref I've overlooked somewhere? Appreciate any assistance.

The workaround to click once on your spreadsheet before scrolling seems
pretty straightforward to me. Irritating? A nuisance? Perhaps Mac users
are just picky.

Bill

 

[George Nicholson]

Perhaps Mac users are just picky.

Considering what they pay at retail, can you blame them?

 

[stedman]

Nah, we just expect our software to work intuitively and properly, and
be fun, elegant, and engaging to boot. All those are
words/features/essentials that are so often missing from the Windoze
world, evil empire side of things, where users have become so
conditioned and expectations so lowered that you all will put up with
anything!

Hey, we pay less at retail now for more, and certainly spend less over
time given the savings in ease of use, far fewer crashes and much less
downtime due to virus, spyware, software conflicts, etc. (Although
more time is wasted trying to make Microsoft's Office work!)

All I'm asking is for the same option that shows up in the Windows
version to turn off mouse zooming. Is that too much to ask? Maybe so!

 

[stedman]

Nah, we just expect our software to work intuitively and properly, and
be fun, elegant, and engaging to boot. All those are
words/features/essentials that are so often missing from the Windoze
world, evil empire side of things, where users have become so
conditioned and expectations so lowered that you all will put up with
anything!

Hey, we now pay less at retail and get more, and certainly spend less
over time given the savings in ease of use, far fewer crashes and much
less downtime due to virus, spyware, software conflicts, etc.
(Although more time is wasted trying to make Microsoft's Office work!)


All I'm asking is for the same option that shows up in the Windows
version to turn off mouse zooming. Is that too much to ask? Maybe so!


Appreciate the other, valuable input though! Control key is fine, new
machine, I'll check out the sticky keys, other universal access
keyboard settings. Thanks!

 

[Larry Bud]

Nah, we just expect our software to work intuitively and properly, and
be fun, elegant, and engaging to boot.

Well, at least your newsreader doesn't post twice!! Ooops!!!

 

[Bill Sharpe]

And, of course, it's only taken 21 years for Apple to come up with a
two-button mouse. That's progress, I suppose.

Bill

 

[JE McGimpsey]

All I'm asking is for the same option that shows up in the Windows
version to turn off mouse zooming. Is that too much to ask? Maybe so!

If you want to make that suggestion, the
microsoft.public.mac.office.excel newsgroup is the place to do it.

Still seems like a Kensington thing, however. I've got two multi-button
mice (one Microsoft and one Logitech) that don't display the behavior
you describe. So I don't see why the feature's needed.

 

[JE McGimpsey]

And, of course, it's only taken 21 years for Apple to come up with a
two-button mouse. That's progress, I suppose.

Not really. While two-button mice are really required on Windows
machines, they still are mostly a convenience item for Macs.

OTOH, I've used programmable multi-button mice/trackballs with Macs
since at least 1993...

 

[Bill Sharpe]

Not really. While two-button mice are really required on Windows
machines, they still are mostly a convenience item for Macs.

OTOH, I've used programmable multi-button mice/trackballs with Macs
since at least 1993...

I know that you can use multi-button mice on Macs. My point was that
Apple itself hasn't produced one until this year.

 

[JE McGimpsey]

I know that you can use multi-button mice on Macs. My point was that
Apple itself hasn't produced one until this year.

OK. Still not sure why that would be the harbinger of progress, but OK.