F8 will get you Extended mode (EXT), or SHIFT+F8 will get you Extended mode (ADD)
which shows up on the status bar and is cleared by hitting F8 once or twice.
Otherwise see --
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/ghosting.txt"Stac at Chase" <Stac at Chase...discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1E29CD9D-977F-4FFE-BB20-0B8D8E644CC5...microsoft.com...
> I am frozen in a cell, I believe as a result of a key stroke combo including
> the shift or cntl key. The scroll lock is not on, but as I move the mouse
> around the screen it highlights all surrounding fields.
> How do I break out of it'
> Even when I have closed ALL excel files (by End task, there is no other
> way), when I go back in, the same thing happens.
david
| Thu, 22 May 2008 20:53:00 GMT |