Excel 2002 locking up in a range selection mode

[Tammy]

We have been having this problem of Excel 2002 locking up in a range
selection mode after being idle for about 10-15 minutes. TAsk manager can
close Excel out but only a reboot will keep Excel from doing this after it
has started.

I have found some information on the EXT function in Excel and thought that
was the problem originally but it is not.

Any ideas?

 

[Jan Karel Pieterse]

Hi Tammy,

We have been having this problem of Excel 2002 locking up in a range
selection mode after being idle for about 10-15 minutes. TAsk manager can
close Excel out but only a reboot will keep Excel from doing this after it
has started.

I have found some information on the EXT function in Excel and thought that
was the problem originally but it is not.

See

http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/ghosting.txt

for a host of possible causes.

Regards,

Jan Karel Pieterse
Excel MVP
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