Cursor stuck, etc

[Melissa]

Hello,

I received a spreadsheet in email a few days ago. Since then, any
time I click a cell with the mouse, it acts as if the left mouse
button is down, highlighting cells as I move the mouse. This happens
in a new as well as existing workbooks.

In addition to this, every time I open a new workbook, the book number
increments. I'll open book1, then close Excel completely, but next
time I open, it will be book2. This happens when I go to program
files and click the excel.exe file as well.

I've looked in the xlstart folder as well as the vba environment for
viruses and found none. I switched my mouse and uninstalled and
reinstalled excel. This happens in no other programs. Thanks!

 

[jaf]

F8 to toggle extend mode on/off.

 

[Fable]

Melissa,

That happed to me once, believe it or not my solution was the
following.
To turn my keyboard upside down and with my hand open hit I hit the
back part of my keyboard several times. It sounds wacky but sometime
the keyboard gets jammed with dust, food, paper clips etc. Something
could be jamming your shift button, try it out. Hope it works.

Fable