Re: ghostbusters?
From: Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] (MillyS_at_donteventhinkaboutmailingmemvps.org)
Date: 05/30/04
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Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 09:38:49 -0700
Turn off your microphone.
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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 Outlook, with AND without the Word editor:
|
| 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.
|
| Maybe you should know: I have the identical problem in
| Word. So I eliminated the Word Editor in OL. But still
| have the problem in OL. OH. It happens in THIS text
| field also!
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