How can I remove gestures from Excel 2003?

[Billns]

How did you put them in?

Excel add-in?

This could possibly be a mouse function rather than Excel.

Bill

 

[Gord Dibben]

Do you mean gesture recognition as in..........

computer's ability to respond to gestures: a computer function that
recognizes gestures, especially hand or head movements, as input.

How did they become entered and active?

I did not know Excel had that capability.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

 

[stocktiger]

I don't remember how the gestures got installed, but I can't find anything
in Control Panel regarding them. I don't think it's a mouse problem because
gestures don't function in any other programs.

 

[stocktiger]

Yes, the problem is that when I select a range of values to copy and paste,
the slightest movement of the mouse deselects the range and opens a sidebar
that suggests a different action. Then I have to close the sidebar, re-select
the data, copy it and paste it again (being VERY careful to have steady
hand). This happens dozens of times every day, slowing things down
significantly.

Unfortunately, I don't remember how gestures got installed, and I can't find
anything in Control Panel under Excel or elsewhere to remove it.

Maybe my only recourse is to uninstall and re-install Excel from the
original CD?

stocktiger

 

[Chip Pearson]

Go to the Windows Control Panel and choose "Program And Features". The
name varies from one version of Windows to the next. You want the
control panel app that lists all the programs on the computer and
allows you to uninstall programs. Find "Gestures" or whatever the
actual name of the program is in the list and click Uninstall. This
will remove the program. Restart the computer. No need to
uninstall/re-install Excel.

I once had a program like this. You move the mouse, say, in an "S"
shaped path and the file would be saved. Move it in a "C" shaped path
and it would close the file. It was really cool for about an hour and
then it lost its charm.

Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional,
Excel, 1998 - 2010
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com

 

[Billns]

Go to the Windows Control Panel and choose "Program And Features". The
name varies from one version of Windows to the next. You want the
control panel app that lists all the programs on the computer and
allows you to uninstall programs. Find "Gestures" or whatever the
actual name of the program is in the list and click Uninstall. This
will remove the program. Restart the computer. No need to
uninstall/re-install Excel.

I once had a program like this. You move the mouse, say, in an "S"
shaped path and the file would be saved. Move it in a "C" shaped path
and it would close the file. It was really cool for about an hour and
then it lost its charm.

Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional,
Excel, 1998 - 2010
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com

StrokeIt is one such program. Is there an icon with a mouse pointer on
it on the Quick Launch toolbar, if enabled, at the far right of your
taskbar? If it's indeed StrokeIt, you can uninstall it or uncheck the
option to run the program when Windows starts.

I agree with Chip's comments about such a program.

Bill