Re: OFFICE TEXT SELECTION
From: s (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/02/04
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Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 16:31:59 -0700
As I said, I operate w LiveUpdate running. Virus defs
were from 5/28.
>-----Original Message-----
>Your AV DAT file is from 2/28??????
>
>Geez, get a live update and run current .dat files.
There have been many
>viruses released since the end of February.
>
>
>--
>Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
>
>Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion
intact. Due to
>the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent
to my personal
>account will be deleted without reading.
>
>After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer,
steph asked:
>
>| Thanks, Rob. Good thought. Although I've not seen
anyone
>| complaining about anything similar.
>|
>| I run with Norton Autoprotect and LiveUpdate activated;
my
>| virus defs are from 2/28; and my most recent Full System
>| Scan was 5/14.
>|
>| But I just ran a Full system scan again; and still have
>| the same problem.
>|
>| Is there something else I should do to check for
viruses?
>|
>|
>|| -----Original Message-----
>|| Check for computer viruses. Given it's only Office, I
suspect the
>|| nefarious sofware attacking Office only so that people
will suspect
>|| Office.
>||
>|| Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.
>||
>|| rms
>||
>||
>||
>|| steph wrote:
>||| Thanks, Beth.
>|||
>||| Yes, Speech is disabled in Word. Outlook does not
have a
>||| speech option.
>|||
>||| Yes, it's a laptop. My Touchpad settings have tapping
>||| disabled.
>|||
>||| When I test the problem, I (1) Keep my hands away from
>||| EVERYTHING except the following, in the order
specified:
>||| (2) CLICK an insertion point with the Left mousekey,
(3)
>||| move the mouse cursor - pointer - to another
location, (4)
>||| remove my hands from the keyboard and touchpad, (5)
touch
>||| NOTHING else, (4) depress one SHIFT key. After a
moment,
>||| the highlighting appears.
>|||
>||| The problem DOES NOT occur in Outlook Express. And
cannot
>||| be replicated there.
>|||
>||| What's next?
>|||
>|||
>|||
>|||| -----Original Message-----
>|||| Even if you don't have a microphone plugged in Speech
>|||
>||| Recognition
>|||
>|||| could be causing the problem. Take a look under the
Tools
>|||
>||| menu and
>|||
>|||| make sure Speech isn't enabled.
>||||
>|||| If that isn't it then do you have a laptop? I've
found
>|||
>||| occasionally
>|||
>|||| when typing or using the touch pad it will go into a
>|||
>||| selection mode.
>|||
>|||| This isn't exclusive to Office apps as it happens in
all
>|||
>||| applications.
>|||
>|||| --
>|||| Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup.
>|||
>||| Requests for
>|||
>|||| assistance by email can not be acknowledged.
>||||
>|||| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>|||| Beth Melton
>|||| Microsoft Office MVP
>||||
>|||| Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
>|||| TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
>|||| MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/
>||||
>||||
>|||| "steph" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in
>|||
>||| message
>|||
>|||| news:155fd01c44677$b38ea8a0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>||||
>|||| What microphone?
>||||
>||||
>||||| -----Original Message-----
>||||| Let me rephrase - unplug your microphone.
>|||||
>||||| --
>||||| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
>|||||
>||||| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion
>||||
>|||| intact. Due to
>||||
>||||| the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail
sent
>||||
>|||| to my personal
>||||
>||||| account will be deleted without reading.
>|||||
>||||| After searching google.groups.com and finding no
answer,
>||||
>|||| steph asked:
>||||
>|||||| Microphone??
>||||||
>|||||| I'm running Windows 2000.
>||||||
>|||||| Under Sounds-Multimedia, I found ESS Maestro, but
no
>|||
>||| way
>|||
>|||||| to de-select it.
>||||||
>|||||| Under Regional Options/Input Locales/Input
>| Languages &
>|||||| Methods, I have removed Speech Recognition and
>||||
>|||| Handwriting.
>||||
>|||||| After a reboot, I have the same problem.
>||||||
>|||||| Where else shall I look?
>||||||
>||||||
>||||||| -----Original Message-----
>||||||| Turn off your microphone.
>|||||||
>||||||| --
>||||||| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
>|||||||
>||||||| Post all replies to the group to keep the
discussion
>||||
>|||| intact. Due to
>||||
>||||||| the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all
mail
>||||
>|||| sent to my
>||||
>||||||| personal account will be deleted without reading.
>|||||||
>||||||| After searching google.groups.com and finding no
>||||
>|||| answer,
>||||
>||||||| steph@att.net asked:
>|||||||
>|||||||| In Word 2002 SP3 (Office Product):
>|||||||| In Outlook, with the Word editor (Office
Product):
>|||||||| In Outlook, without the Word editor (Office
Product):
>||||||||
>|||||||| Also in the text-field into which I type in MS
>||||
>|||| Newsgroups,
>||||
>|||||||| including this one:
>||||||||
>|||||||| (But NOT in Outlook Express - not Office product)
>||||||||
>|||||||| The ghost in my system keeps selecting text for
me: I
>||||
>|||| can
>||||
>|||||||| be just sitting here, minding my own business,
typing
>||||
>|||| any
>||||
>|||||||| old thing, and happen to leave the shift-key
>|||
>||| depressed
>|||
>|||||||| longer than is absolutely required.
>||||||||
>|||||||| An unwanted selection begins at the blinking
>|||
>||| insertion
>|||
>|||||||| point, and ends wherever the pointer "I-beam"
happens
>||||
>|||| to
>||||
>|||||||| be at the moment. It stops exactly at the I-
beam,
>|||
>||| and
>|||
>|||||||| then includes the entire word (I have Word set to
>||||
>|||| select
>||||
>|||||||| full words, so maybe this does follow some
rules).
>|||||||| Yes, you are right: it is as if I have been
selecting
>||||
>|||| by
>||||
>|||||||| the "click (at the beginning) - shift - click
(at the
>|||||||| end)" method. But I did NOT click at either end!
>||||||||
>|||||||| I could work around this, except that.
>||||||||
>|||||||| When I release the shift key, and even press
>|||
>||| the "ESC"
>|||
>|||||||| key, the selection does not become unselected.
Even
>|||||||| clicking the mouse also does not de-select it.
I
>||||
>|||| just
>||||
>|||||||| have to wait for it to get ready to behave.
>||||||||
>|||||||| When I get tired of waiting, I click Ctrl-Alt-
>||||
>|||| Delete/Task
>||||
>|||||||| Manager, all programs indicate "running." I hit
ESC,
>|||||||| returning me to the document, which now shows no
>|||||||| selection, and all is well for a time.
>||||||||
>|||||||| Sometimes I have to invoke adult supervision (the
>|||
>||| Task
>|||
>|||||||| Manager) multiple times before it releases.
>||||||||
>|||||||| Other open programs are also frozen during this
time.
>||||||||
>|||||||| Except for freezing up everything (!!?), this
could
>|||
>||| be
>|||
>|||||||| useful, so perhaps it is a corrupted sub-set of
>||||
>|||| commands
>||||
>|||||||| used for something. I considered accessibility,
so
>||||
>|||| tried
>||||
>|||||||| installing and uninstalling MouseKeys; it's the
same
>|||||||| either way.
>|||||||
>|||||||
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>|||||
>|||||
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>|||||
>||||
>||||
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>|||
>||||
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