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A family of Microsoft spreadsheet software with tools for analyzing, charting, and communicating data
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According to your description, this is a new feature, you may need to turn off "Show Auto Highlight" by clicking on the View tab>click on the Focus Cell drop-down menu>uncheck/clean the "Show Auto Highlight" option.
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