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December 3, 2001 at 9:08 am #2131887

Cannot unselect all in Excel

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by nmartineau · about 20 years, 5 months ago

When in excel, I click once in a cell and it automatically selects all cells. Wherever I move my mouse the cells are selected. I cannot close the window or chose anything on the menu bar. The only way to close the window is to Control-Alt-Delete and end the task. It first occured in Office 97, but I uninstalled it and installed Office 2000, and it still occurs! Nothing appears to be wrong hardware-wise. Could there be something in the Registry that just won’t go away? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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- December 3, 2001 at 9:55 am #3547806
  
  Cannot unselect all in Excel
  
  by mike (from canada) · about 20 years, 5 months ago
  
  In reply to Cannot unselect all in Excel
  
  Uninstall office 2000 COMPLETELY using every possible uninstall tool included with the package and then re-install it.
  - March 4, 2002 at 2:56 pm #3574403
    
    Cannot unselect all in Excel
    
    by nmartineau · about 20 years, 2 months ago
    
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- December 3, 2001 at 10:18 am #3547792
  
  Cannot unselect all in Excel
  
  by dklippert · about 20 years, 5 months ago
  
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  This problem has cropped up now and then without a definitive solution. The cell selection could be the accidental use of F8. You would see EXT on the status bar. Esc or hitting F8 again should stop it. The other suggestion has been to get a USB mouse.
  Good luck,
  - March 4, 2002 at 2:56 pm #3574404
    
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- January 4, 2002 at 2:25 am #3440289
  
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  by purple713 · about 20 years, 4 months ago
  
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  make sure you have SR-1 installed.
  - March 4, 2002 at 2:56 pm #3574405
    
    Cannot unselect all in Excel
    
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- March 4, 2002 at 2:56 pm #3574402
  
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