Excel is Acting Weird!

Problem

Excel is not acting right, acting weird, selections not working, getting funny lines around things, won't enter a number whle using MacNail construction management software. Any Excel oddities.

Diagnosis

1. First, have them hit the Enter key. If that fixes it, they were in 'formula entry' mode. Can choose Undo to remove the formula they just accidentally entered.
2. If that doesn't work, try quit, restart computer, re-open files. Excel may have just gotten scrambled somehow.
3. If that doesn't work, it may be a stuck key on keyboard. Jiggle each key, see if that works. E.g. stuck command key will keep selecting multiple cells.
4. If none of the above-- XL might be corrupted, and require a reinstall of the program itself.

Solution

NOTE-- User may be just total beginner confused by normal behavior. Is there someone there who can take a look in person? A computer dealer to take it to? Explain how difficult it is sometimes for us to understand problems when we can't see them ourselves.

Comments

Entered 12/21/95 by Dennis. Updated 11/25/2010.