mouse stuck in excel

[mehdi]

I am expriencing a strange problem,
When I left click on any cell while in Excel, the left click seems to sort
of stuck
it keeps on selecting the cells whereever I move. It does not allow me to
select anything from the menu or even close the excel.
All I am left to do is ctrl-alt-del and kill the excel from task manager
everything remain fine (selection of menu etc) , if i donot click on any
cell
once i click on cell, I am doomed.
I have tried to isolate the problem:
It started after I installed my USB Optical mouse
Everything else works fine, there is virtually no problem with any of the
application
I have tried to load all patches of Office, even reinstall it
the situation remains same for Ofiice XP or Office 2003

Pleasse help
Mehdi

 

[Don Guillett]

try touching your f8 key

 

[mehdi]

F8, nothing happened.
what actually F8 does?

try touching your f8 key

 

[Dave Peterson]

F8 is used to extend the range.

Select cell A1, hit F8, and click on G9 and you'll have A1:G9 selected.

Sometimes the buttons on the mouse can get stuck. Click on each a couple of
times--include the wheel button if you have one.

But David McRitchie has some notes about this kind thing at:
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/ghosting.txt

 

[Mehdi]

Thanks for help, I finally resolved my problem today
Don was right, It was due to a stuck button. The wheel button was stuck, as
I physically removed that button.....
The problem solved