Cap locks and multiple selection of lines in Excell

[Guest David]

In Office 2007, in Excell, I occasionally have the program throw a fit and

begin to select 2 or 3 lines or cells. I also notice at the same time, the

cap lock key is reversed. When it is locked, I type in lowercase and when it

is unlocked, I type in uppercase. I haven't figured out what I did to cause

it or how to reverse it. I usually save the document, close the program and

re-open or reboot. Other times in just seems to go away after a little

while. Any clues as to what is happening?

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[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Cap locks and multiple selection of lines in Excel

 

Re: Cap locks and multiple selection of lines in Excel

 

 

"David" <David@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:EC838444-E5E8-420E-B810-485502EEC053@microsoft.com...

> In Office 2007, in Excell (Excel?), I occasionally have the program throw

> a fit and

> begin to select 2 or 3 lines or cells. I also notice at the same time,

> the

> cap lock key is reversed. When it is locked, I type in lowercase and when

> it

> is unlocked, I type in uppercase. I haven't figured out what I did to

> cause

> it or how to reverse it. I usually save the document, close the program

> and

> re-open or reboot. Other times in just seems to go away after a little

> while. Any clues as to what is happening?

> --

> The more you know the less you know until the day comes you know nothing.

 

Your keyboard appears to get confused. Tapping on the following six keys,

one after the other, will usually fix the problem: Left Shift, Ctrl, Alt,

Right Shift, Ctrl, Alt.

[Guest David]

Re: Cap locks and multiple selection of lines in Excel

 

Re: Cap locks and multiple selection of lines in Excel

 

 

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The more you know the less you know until the day comes you know nothing.

 

 

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>

> "David" <David@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:EC838444-E5E8-420E-B810-485502EEC053@microsoft.com...

> > In Office 2007, in Excell (Excel?), I occasionally have the program throw

> > a fit and

> > begin to select 2 or 3 lines or cells. I also notice at the same time,

> > the

> > cap lock key is reversed. When it is locked, I type in lowercase and when

> > it

> > is unlocked, I type in uppercase. I haven't figured out what I did to

> > cause

> > it or how to reverse it. I usually save the document, close the program

> > and

> > re-open or reboot. Other times in just seems to go away after a little

> > while. Any clues as to what is happening?

> > --

> > The more you know the less you know until the day comes you know nothing.

>

> Your keyboard appears to get confused. Tapping on the following six keys,

> one after the other, will usually fix the problem: Left Shift, Ctrl, Alt,

> Right Shift, Ctrl, Alt.

>

>

> My initial reaction is, "and if you'll buy that, I've got some ocean front property in Arizona . . . " Next time it happens I'll try it and see if it works. (after I throw some salt over my shoulder.)

[Guest David]

Re: Cap locks and multiple selection of lines in Excel

 

Re: Cap locks and multiple selection of lines in Excel

 

 

--

The more you know the less you know until the day comes you know nothing.

 

 

"David" wrote:

>

> --

> The more you know the less you know until the day comes you know nothing.

>

>

> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>

> >

> > "David" <David@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> > news:EC838444-E5E8-420E-B810-485502EEC053@microsoft.com...

> > > In Office 2007, in Excell (Excel?), I occasionally have the program throw

> > > a fit and

> > > begin to select 2 or 3 lines or cells. I also notice at the same time,

> > > the

> > > cap lock key is reversed. When it is locked, I type in lowercase and when

> > > it

> > > is unlocked, I type in uppercase. I haven't figured out what I did to

> > > cause

> > > it or how to reverse it. I usually save the document, close the program

> > > and

> > > re-open or reboot. Other times in just seems to go away after a little

> > > while. Any clues as to what is happening?

> > > --

> > > The more you know the less you know until the day comes you know nothing.

> >

> > Your keyboard appears to get confused. Tapping on the following six keys,

> > one after the other, will usually fix the problem: Left Shift, Ctrl, Alt,

> > Right Shift, Ctrl, Alt.

> >

> >

> > My initial reaction is, "and if you'll buy that, I've got some ocean front property in Arizona . . . " Next time it happens I'll try it and see if it works. (after I throw some salt over my shoulder.)

 

It happened and I tried it, but nothing happened. I did discover that when

I click in the upper half of a cell, it only selects the cell, but when I

click on the lower half of the cell, it selects the lower adjoining cell too.

Is this a feature in Excel 2007 that can be turned off and on?

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Cap locks and multiple selection of lines in Excel

 

Re: Cap locks and multiple selection of lines in Excel

 

> It happened and I tried it, but nothing happened. I did discover that

> when

> I click in the upper half of a cell, it only selects the cell, but when I

> click on the lower half of the cell, it selects the lower adjoining cell

> too.

> Is this a feature in Excel 2007 that can be turned off and on?

>

 

Best to ask an Excel newsgroup.