Re: Excel data selection will not turn off

From: Lady Layla (nospam_at_nowhere.now)
Date: 10/04/04 

Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 07:58:05 -0400

JAzz

Do you have a wheel on your mouse? Try pressing the wheel until it clicks

"Jazz" <Jazz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:03C72F5B-51BF-4432-ACE1-1458DA3FEEDC@microsoft.com...
: Excel gets "stuck" in a "selection" mode where you cannot stop Excel from
: highlighting data ranges. All other menus are unresponsive. I do not know
: what to call this, and I don't know how it is turned on, though my primary
: goal at the moment is to turn it off.
:
: Things that didn't work:
: EXC
: Ctrl+ESC
: Ctrl+Break
: Scroll lock
: F8
:
: HELP!!

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