unwanted characters inserted

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Josh Wilson

I work with Excel and have a problem with characters
being automatically inserted within the text of a cell in
a large table. The characters are usually +F85 or +F82 or
+C103 or some other similar combination . This problem
has never been seen as I am typing. But appears when it
is closed and reopened. It shows up in a document with a
multiple page table and there may be l or 2 occurrences
per page.


The problem first showed up in an older computer (which
had other problems) updates were installed and it was
thought that the PS/2 port might be giving invalid
signals so we switched to a USB keyboard and mouse. No
luck. Then a new system (3GHz) was ordered after several
trouble free months the problem is back.

It may also be worth mentioning that the file is saved on
a server and not the machine that I work on.

Any ideas?
 
I've never seen excel do this by itself.

Can you start excel in safe mode:
close excel
windows Start button|run
excel /safe

and open your workbook to see if it still happens. Maybe you have a "helpful"
macro lurking behind the scenes.

And if you're using xl2002 or higher, any chance you have the voice recognition
feature enabled?
 
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