Highlighting cells in Excel

[Ritamarie01]

When I click on one cell in Excel, the 4 or 5 below that cell often get
highlighted as well and I have to type in one of them to remove the
highlight. This is rather annoying as if I hit delete (to delete the info in
the first cell) it will delete all of the info. I have only seen this with
the new version of Excel 2007.

 

[Sheeloo]

Do you see 'Extend Selection' on the status bar at the bottom of Excel window?

If yes, then press F8 once and see whether the problem goes away...

 

[Sheeloo]

Do you see 'Extend Selection' on the status bar at the bottom of Excel window?

If yes, then press F8 once and see whether the problem goes away...

 

[Jacob Skaria]

1. Check in status bar whether 'Extended selection' is enabled (F8)
2. One of you shift keys is jammed

If this post helps click Yes

 

[Jacob Skaria]

1. Check in status bar whether 'Extended selection' is enabled (F8)
2. One of you shift keys is jammed

If this post helps click Yes

 

[Gord Dibben]

Try setting the Zoom level a little lower or higher.

The multiple cell selection is a bug in Excel 2007.

The zoom-changing appears to fix it.

A few postings have made the suggestion and it seems
to work.

Here is one such posting.

http://tinyurl.com/3wofsf

I have received replies to this advice indicating the zoom change clears it
up.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

 

[Gord Dibben]

Try setting the Zoom level a little lower or higher.

The multiple cell selection is a bug in Excel 2007.

The zoom-changing appears to fix it.

A few postings have made the suggestion and it seems
to work.

Here is one such posting.

http://tinyurl.com/3wofsf

I have received replies to this advice indicating the zoom change clears it
up.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP