Excel enter text on its own

[craig066]

When i clicked in a cell, i was not allowed to enter any text and a few seconds later random statements began to fill the cell. Anyone has seen this before? Do I have a virus. (Excel 2003)

[darkyam]

A few things are possible:
1. a virus
2. the spreadsheet is protected and the cell is "hidden", which would not allow you to see any formulas that are entered.
3. the spreadsheet is protected and a macro is operating that controls that cell's value.
4. data validation exists in that cell and it is controlled by a macro.

Is the text truly random gibberish or is it words or acronyms that could potentially make sense or are at least consistent depending on what values are entered elsewhere?

[craig066]

Its random phrases that make no sense.

[mdbct]

Try turning off your microphone. Office 2003 offers speech recognition. Do a search in the help file for speech recognition.

Much of the same info is here: Using speech recognition for the first time in Office