[RESOLVED] Mouse Drag Problem in Excel
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  1. March 5th, 2001, 10:44 AM #1
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    Question Mouse Drag Problem in Excel

    Excel 97 for windows. I have an issue where when I move the mouse, it's as if I am holding down the left mouse button and trying to select a range of cells. Problem is, I am not holding the button, but it acts that way. It only seems to be going on in Excel and not my other applications.

    Configuration: MS two button serial mouse. P300 with 64mb ram, Win95 osr2, Office 97pro, pretty generic system.
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  2. March 7th, 2001, 09:18 AM #2
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    Something that will sound silly, but have you tried another mouse?
    Is the shift key on your keyboard stuck down?
    I've looked on Technet, and their are no known issues.

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  3. October 8th, 2007, 11:44 AM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by number3son
    Excel 97 for windows. I have an issue where when I move the mouse, it's as if I am holding down the left mouse button and trying to select a range of cells. Problem is, I am not holding the button, but it acts that way. It only seems to be going on in Excel and not my other applications.

    Configuration: MS two button serial mouse. P300 with 64mb ram, Win95 osr2, Office 97pro, pretty generic system.

    I had the same problem with Excel 2002 on my laptop. Nothing worked until I downloaded and installed the latest Microsoft Office Service Packs 1,2, and 3. Try it.
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  4. October 8th, 2007, 01:23 PM #4
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    Hehe just a guess but after 6 years I'm sure they either fixed it, replaced it, or found a unique way of dealing with it.
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  5. June 11th, 2008, 05:14 PM #5
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    To correct this, click on the wheel button on your mouse. This occurred to my a few years ago, and I remember googling to no avail, but somehow I was able to fix it.

    This happened to me today again, and guess what? It's caused by the scroll-wheel's click button!!!

    Click that click wheel once, and watch the problem go away.

    Enjoy.
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  6. June 12th, 2008, 02:49 AM #6
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    Welcome to Windrivers jsmach and thanks for the tip!
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  7. June 23rd, 2008, 11:45 AM #7
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    Hitting both mouse buttons at the same time may also clear the problem (it has worked for me). There is a good post on the topic at:
    http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/ghosting.txt
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  8. June 23rd, 2008, 12:10 PM #8
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    Welcome to Windrivers sjdana

    Yes mvps.org has some great stuff.
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