Cap locks and multiple selection of lines in Excell

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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Pegasus
Mon Sep 29 15:20:42 PDT 2008


"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.

David
Mon Sep 29 18:49:01 PDT 2008


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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.)

David
Mon Sep 29 19:34:03 PDT 2008


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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?

Pegasus
Mon Sep 29 23:00:23 PDT 2008


> 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.