Excel left click produces right click menu

Shoesuntied · External Since: Aug 09, 2006 Posts: 4

Help! I've been in the industry for many years but this is a first. I
have a user that when he opens a spreadsheet (blank of otherwise), and
left clicks in any cell, he instantly gets a right click menu. I have
replaced the mouse and mouse drivers, checked the mouse settings,
looked through all the Excel options and frankly I am stumped. I am
planning on reloading his Notebook, but I would like to know if anyone
else has seen this issue, and even better, resolved it.

Shoesuntied · External Since: Aug 09, 2006 Posts: 4

Additional info: Excel 2003. Happens with touchpad or USB attached
mouse. Isolated to one user. OS is XP. Any recommendations or ideas
before I reload (scheduled 8/16/06) would be appreciated.

jkend69315 · External Since: May 12, 2006 Posts: 19

What happens when you click the right mouse button?

Shoesuntied wrote:
> Additional info: Excel 2003. Happens with touchpad or USB attached
> mouse. Isolated to one user. OS is XP. Any recommendations or ideas
> before I reload (scheduled 8/16/06) would be appreciated.

Shoesuntied · External Since: Aug 09, 2006 Posts: 4

He gets the normal right click menu.

Shoesuntied · External Since: Aug 09, 2006 Posts: 4

Issue is the result of a hardware problem. Toshiba Techra M2 notebook
has a stuck key. Discovered after reloading s/w and issue still
existed. After talking with the users, it appears that Toshiba has had
several issues that were unresolved - even after sending the unit in
for repair. My advice... buy another brand.

emillee · Joined: Mar 09, 2008 Posts: 1

..highly irritating. But then i remembered that excel can be very responsive to the escape key - and it worked for me. I put the cursor in an empty cell and no more right click menu for left click. hope that helps someone. Wink