How do I turn off MS mouse wheel scroll?

[MrBill]

I have Office 2003 and a MS Mouse using Intellipoint software. I've
turned off the scroll wheel in the control panel, but it continues to
work in Excel . . . how do I turn it off everywhere?

Thanks, Bill

[MartinW]

Hi Bill,

If you are talking about having the wheel scroll instead of
zooming, goto Tools>Options>General and uncheck
'zoom on roll with intellimouse'

AFAIK I don't think you can stop it scrolling.
Out of interests sake why would you want to?

Regards
Martin

[MrBill]

Hello Martin,

That box was already unchecked. I think you're right in that I won't
be able to keep the wheel from scrolling in Excel. The reason I don't
want the wheel scroll is because on my mouse the wheel is VERY
sensitive. Sometime when clicking a button I will accidentally touch
the wheel, and WHAM, I'm 20 lines or so from where I want to be. Since
I generally scroll with the scroll bar at the right of the window, it
would be great if I could simply turn off the wheel scroll!

- Bill

On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 09:52:25 +1000, "MartinW" <mtmw@hotmail.invalid>
wrote:

>Hi Bill,
>
>If you are talking about having the wheel scroll instead of
>zooming, goto Tools>Options>General and uncheck
>'zoom on roll with intellimouse'
>
>AFAIK I don't think you can stop it scrolling.
>Out of interests sake why would you want to?
>
>Regards
>Martin
>

[MartinW]

Hi Bill,

One last try. If you go to control panel>mouse>wheel. How many
lines are set under 'Roll the wheel one notch to scroll'.
I set it to 1.

HTH
Martin

[MrBill]

This was turned off, I've turned it on and set it for slow (there is
no setting like you mentioned below". This did slow the scroll down
in Excel, so I'll try this for awhile and see how it goes.

Thanks, Bill

On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 00:18:37 +1000, "MartinW" <mtmw@hotmail.invalid>
wrote:

>Hi Bill,
>
>One last try. If you go to control panel>mouse>wheel. How many
>lines are set under 'Roll the wheel one notch to scroll'.
>I set it to 1.
>
>HTH
>Martin
>

[cschiller1]

Um --- get a cheap mouse without the scroll wheel?

Craig

MrBill wrote:
> Hello Martin,
>
> That box was already unchecked. I think you're right in that I won't
> be able to keep the wheel from scrolling in Excel. The reason I don't
> want the wheel scroll is because on my mouse the wheel is VERY
> sensitive. Sometime when clicking a button I will accidentally touch
> the wheel, and WHAM, I'm 20 lines or so from where I want to be. Since
> I generally scroll with the scroll bar at the right of the window, it
> would be great if I could simply turn off the wheel scroll!
>
> - Bill
>
> On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 09:52:25 +1000, "MartinW" <mtmw@hotmail.invalid>
> wrote:
>
>
>>Hi Bill,
>>
>>If you are talking about having the wheel scroll instead of
>>zooming, goto Tools>Options>General and uncheck
>>'zoom on roll with intellimouse'
>>
>>AFAIK I don't think you can stop it scrolling.
>>Out of interests sake why would you want to?
>>
>>Regards
>>Martin
>>

[MrBill]

I thought about that, but I've been using the wheel press as a double
click and like this a LOT!

- Bill

On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 10:54:50 -0400, "cschiller1<at>earthlink.net"
<"cschiller1<at>earthlink.net"> wrote:

>Um --- get a cheap mouse without the scroll wheel?
>
>Craig
>
>MrBill wrote:
>> Hello Martin,
>>
>> That box was already unchecked. I think you're right in that I won't
>> be able to keep the wheel from scrolling in Excel. The reason I don't
>> want the wheel scroll is because on my mouse the wheel is VERY
>> sensitive. Sometime when clicking a button I will accidentally touch
>> the wheel, and WHAM, I'm 20 lines or so from where I want to be. Since
>> I generally scroll with the scroll bar at the right of the window, it
>> would be great if I could simply turn off the wheel scroll!
>>
>> - Bill
>>
>> On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 09:52:25 +1000, "MartinW" <mtmw@hotmail.invalid>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi Bill,
>>>
>>>If you are talking about having the wheel scroll instead of
>>>zooming, goto Tools>Options>General and uncheck
>>>'zoom on roll with intellimouse'
>>>
>>>AFAIK I don't think you can stop it scrolling.
>>>Out of interests sake why would you want to?
>>>
>>>Regards
>>>Martin
>>>

[MDubbelboer]

then buy a non-cheap three-wheel mouse! or crazy glue the scroll wheel so you can press it but it won't spin. that sounds like a fun project.

I agree that the third button press is wonderful, especially in a tabbed web browser. The scroll is also a fabulous feature and if you're unable to use it propelry with your mouse it might be worth investing in a new mouse.

I was looking for a default mouse driver that didn't have a scroll/third button and couldn't find one in the default drivers. Doesn't sound like that's what you'd want if you use it as a button though.

[cschiller1]

Well, you know what the Stones say... You can't always get what you want...

Craig

MrBill wrote:
> I thought about that, but I've been using the wheel press as a double
> click and like this a LOT!
>
> - Bill
>
> On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 10:54:50 -0400, "cschiller1<at>earthlink.net"
> <"cschiller1<at>earthlink.net"> wrote:
>
>
>>Um --- get a cheap mouse without the scroll wheel?
>>
>>Craig
>>
>>MrBill wrote:
>>
>>>Hello Martin,
>>>
>>>That box was already unchecked. I think you're right in that I won't
>>>be able to keep the wheel from scrolling in Excel. The reason I don't
>>>want the wheel scroll is because on my mouse the wheel is VERY
>>>sensitive. Sometime when clicking a button I will accidentally touch
>>>the wheel, and WHAM, I'm 20 lines or so from where I want to be. Since
>>>I generally scroll with the scroll bar at the right of the window, it
>>>would be great if I could simply turn off the wheel scroll!
>>>
>>>- Bill
>>>
>>>On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 09:52:25 +1000, "MartinW" <mtmw@hotmail.invalid>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi Bill,
>>>>
>>>>If you are talking about having the wheel scroll instead of
>>>>zooming, goto Tools>Options>General and uncheck
>>>>'zoom on roll with intellimouse'
>>>>
>>>>AFAIK I don't think you can stop it scrolling.
>>>>Out of interests sake why would you want to?
>>>>
>>>>Regards
>>>>Martin
>>>>