What causes my keyboard to not respond to anything while in Excel?

Question

No matter what I do all that happens when I move my mouse is highlighting (like I am holding down the shift key and page down). My keyboard does not respond to anything. I can not click on anything. All I can do is Ctrl-Alt-Del and end Excel and then restart my machine. It is like a key is stuck but none are. Does anybody know what causes this and/or what I can do to reset it without shutting down?

Answer 1

Looks like to me that you've accidentally hit the key.

Try it. Press just once. Move your cursor around and watch it is selecting cells. Press to reset.

Now try it again, but use the mouse instead. It then selects whole blocks of cells relative to the position of original call.

Again, press to reset.

Hope this helps!

Regards,
QwertyKPH @ Yahoo

Answer 2

Microsoft does not build stable systems. They tend to have intermittent errors like this one. Typically this is due to a glitch during the installation of Office. Assuming you've checked your keyboard, connection, cables, etc. Try reinstalling Office. That will ususally fix a glitch like this.

Answer 3

Maybe you have enabled keyboard lock. Go to Control panel and there are settings for limited or handycapped people where you can see if your keyboard is locked.