if it helps, I noticed that excel exhibits similar behavior when one clicks on ANY active X control (such as a plain old command button)

however, with something like a command button, doing a simple Cells(1,1).Select returns excel to its normal functionality

this doesn't work with the MP Control

in other words - it seems that what happens is excel assigns the MPControl focus in a way different from what the Select method provides

I still don't know how to address this though

Could anyone at least acknowledge that what I'm writing makes any sesnse at all? Could this be a bug? Can anyone help me in any way what so ever? I've alreay wasted 2 days on this bloody glitch, so ANY suggestion would be apretiated!