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MS Office Forum / Excel / New Users / January 2006Urgent help needed PLEASE
Excel 2003 - HELP ASAP PLEASE - I need Excel working ASAP. I know this sounds like a hardware problem but all other programs (inc. other spreadsheets) work fine. Whenever I start Excel (new or existing file) it is as if the 1st place I select (tab or cell) is as if I am holding down the left mouse button. If my 1st click is on a cell when I move the mouse it is highlighting a group of cells as if I am clicking & dragging to highlight a cell area. If my 1st click is on a worksheet tab at the bottom I get that little page icon as if I am holding the left mouse button to drag the position of the tab. No matter which case I cannot de-select this, I am stuck in this position an Excel is effectively useless. I can't chose a pull down menu or even click the X in the upper right to exit the program. The only way to get out is to ctl-alt-del & choose end program from the task manager (even then an error message comes up that says Excel cannot be shut down) thank goodness when I click okay to that box it does close. Again, no problems with any other programs. When Excel is locked up I can click on the window of any other program and run it normally.  SignatureThanks in advance... Bob Hello Bob, Excel may have become corrupted. Try restore the registry settings b doing the following... 1. Select START or press the Windows key. 2. Select RUN 3. Type in the box EXCEL.EXE/RegServer If this doesn't work then repaet steps 1 and 2. Change step 3 to brin Excel up in Safe Mode. 3. Type EXCEL.EXE/S If all else fails, you may have to reinstall Excel -- Leith Ros None of the other suggestions have worked. I even tried re-installing Excel and that didn't work either! I know it sounds like hardware but all other programs work fine. Should your registry fix have been corrected when I reinstalled Excel or do you think it will still work? Perplexed... Bob > Hello Bob, > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > If all else fails, you may have to reinstall Excel. For what is worth I just opened one of the Excel files using the spreadsheet module of Open Office and it works fine. Bob > None of the other suggestions have worked. I even tried re-installing > Excel and that didn't work either! I know it sounds like hardware but all [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >> >> If all else fails, you may have to reinstall Excel. This is a *not* uncommon problem. http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/ghosting.txt SignatureHTH, RD --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please keep all correspondence within the NewsGroup, so all may benefit ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Excel 2003 - HELP ASAP PLEASE - I need Excel working ASAP. > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > problems with any other programs. When Excel is locked up I can click on > the window of any other program and run it normally. This link doesn't seem to help. I have always been very leery of editing the registry (previous response below) but will do so if others also think this may solve the problem (and do no harm). ********** Excel may have become corrupted. Try restore the registry settings by doing the following... 1. Select START or press the Windows key. 2. Select RUN 3. Type in the box EXCEL.EXE/RegServer If this doesn't work then repaet steps 1 and 2. Change step 3 to bring Excel up in Safe Mode. 3. Type EXCEL.EXE/S If all else fails, you may have to reinstall Excel. SignatureLeith Ross ******************* Thanks guys... Please let me know what you think. Bob > This is a *not* uncommon problem. > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] >> problems with any other programs. When Excel is locked up I can click on >> the window of any other program and run it normally. On the rare occasions that it's happened to me, I've been able to get out of it by *clicking* the mouse *wheel*, *NOT* rolling it. There have been numerous posts in these groups, where each respondent had his/her own little way of eliminating this "quirk". Try what I said, or switch your mouse with another machine. AFAIK, there is *no one*, fool-proof way to solve this! SignatureRegards, RD --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please keep all correspondence within the NewsGroup, so all may benefit ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This link doesn't seem to help. I have always been very leery of editing > the registry (previous response below) but will do so if others also think [quoted text clipped - 48 lines] > >> problems with any other programs. When Excel is locked up I can click on > >> the window of any other program and run it normally. That didn't work either (I'm tearing out my hair). I was able to open the important files in Open Office so I am not dead in the water but I still can't use Excel (even after a reinstall). Bob > On the rare occasions that it's happened to me, I've been able to get out > of [quoted text clipped - 73 lines] > on >> >> the window of any other program and run it normally. Check your scroll lock key. SignatureJohn johnf202 at hot mail dot com > Excel 2003 - HELP ASAP PLEASE - I need Excel working ASAP. > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > When Excel is locked up I can click on the window of any other program and > run it normally. NG - It's fine in all other programs. Bob > Check your scroll lock key. > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >> with any other programs. When Excel is locked up I can click on the >> window of any other program and run it normally. Sorry, that should be F8. Toggles extend mode on/off. SignatureJohn johnf202 at hot mail dot com > Excel 2003 - HELP ASAP PLEASE - I need Excel working ASAP. > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > When Excel is locked up I can click on the window of any other program and > run it normally. Tried it. NG Bob > Sorry, that should be F8. Toggles extend mode on/off. > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >> with any other programs. When Excel is locked up I can click on the >> window of any other program and run it normally. New mouse did it. Don't ask me why it didn'y affect other programs. Thanks for you suggestions. Bob > Tried it. NG > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >>> problems with any other programs. When Excel is locked up I can click on >>> the window of any other program and run it normally. |
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