MS Excell 97 - Strange Problem

[Natemeister]

Hy guys/Gals,

I have a somewhat bewildering problem - I run MS Excell 97. When I go to use the mouse to "hilite" an area I am have problems "anchoring" on the first cell selected.

i.e. I left click my mouse cursor on cell A1 (to anchor that cell) then I go to hilite the rest of the cell range that I need.

But for some weird reason, I am unable about 50 percent of the time to hold that A1 anchor point. ANother word, my hiliting drifts.

Dumbfounded - Please help.

My system:
Abit kt7raid
Duron 800 at 1000
Crucial 256 meg ram
Matrox G400 video card

Windows 98 (original) operating system

To my knowledge, I am running current patches for excell (SR-1)

I do notice similar problems with Word 97 also

Does not seem to be a problem on my slower celeron 466 machine.

Could it be that the office 97 products are not coded to work with one gig processor powered PC ??

Oh Yeah- other than this issue, all other programs work fine and my system seems stable as a rock.

 

[thEnEuRoMancER]

Seems to me it could be a mouse problem (faulty switch under your left mouse button). Try working with another mouse.

 

[Natemeister]

Bingo !!!

You were right on - it was the mouse.

Switched the mouse from my other pc - and voila, no more problems.

Geesh - sometimes its the obvious that is so hard to see.

Thanks !