Excel keeps selecting cells automatically

[Guest]

Hello,
Sometimes when I open any workbook and click on any cell on a worksheet and
I release the mouse button and move it, then excel continue selecting cells
automatically, it works as if the button was pressed. I've tried to click any
other key like Esc on the keyboard, but it doesn't work. So I have to
terminate the program with the task manager, and restar my computer. Maybe it
could be a memory problem, but I don't know.
I Hope you can help me!!
I have a laptop dell pentium III 847 Mhz, 384 RAM, Windows XP Prof V 2002 SP
1, Office 2003
TIA
Vic

 

[kkknie]

Sounds like a laptop issue to me. I had a laptop for work but switche
to a desktop about 3 years ago, but I remember there being a setting o
the touchpad to simulate the button being held in after some sequence o
events (taps?).

Check out the touchpad's (or whatever your mouse interface is) setting
in the control panel.

 

[Frank Kabel]

Hi
try hitting F8 to disable the extended mode. If this does not help see:
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/ghosting.txt