STOP the zooming! Mouse scroll wheel in Excel 2004... on a Mac

[stedman]

Upgraded to Office 2004 recently. Well, now, whenever an Excel doc
comes up now, and I use the scroll wheel (Kensington mouse) to scroll
up or down the page... I get zooming instead!

This is on a Mac running Tiger and, though I've looked and looked,
there is no option in the preferences panel for Excel to turn this off.
Nor could I find an option in the Kensington mouse to alter its
behavior (substitute something) for scroll wheel.

I found the tip for Windows users (Tools, Options, General, uncheck
roll on Intellimouse) but under General prefs on the Mac version there
is no option.

Yes, I can click on the spreadsheet first to stop the distracting,
irritating behavior, but that's a nuisance and it's been weeks and I
continue to get zooming first (obviously clicking on a doc first is
counter-intuitive, at least to this user). This is an example of
Microsoft taking control and it drives me batty.

Is there a pref I've overlooked somewhere? Appreciate any assistance.

 

[Ninja Stevie]

On windows one way to zoom in excel using the mouse wheel is to hold
Ctrl. Could this be the same and your ctrl button is knacked? i havent
used a mac.

 

[JE McGimpsey]

There's no preference setting for zooming. I don't think it's an XL
problem, per se - my Intellimouse doesn't display this behavior - it
zooms only when the CTRL key is held down. However, you should make sure
you've gotten the latest update of Office 2004.

The only way I can reproduce the zoom without holding the CTRL key down
is to have Sticky keys enabled (System Preferences/Universal Access) and
press the CTRL key.

Tiger broke some mouse drivers (including Intellimouse), so you should
make sure that you have the latest Kensington driver.

While I didn't find anything in the Archives, you might find someone who
knows about Kensington mice in the microsoft.public.mac.office.excel
newsgroup.