Hi Peter,
Thank you for your interest in Syncfusion Products.
Yes, it is possible to select the individual grid cells by enabling ExcelEditMode property in Grid. The Essential Grid provides support for Excel Like Edit for all editable fields. This feature offers cell in-line editing, cell selection, row selection. Please refer the code snippet below to enable ExcelEditMode.
runat="server" DataSourceCachingMode="ViewState" AutoFormat="Office 2003 Blue"
ExcelEditMode="true" ExcelEditAutoUpdate="true">
Please refer the sample below which illustrates selecting individual grid cells.
http://files.syncfusion.com/support/GGC.Web/7.1.0.30/F80072/main.htmAlso please find the documentation for ExcelEditMode.
http://files.syncfusion.com/GGC.Web/7.1.0.30/F80072/ExcelLikeEdit.zipWe appreciate your patience and please let me know if this helps you.
Thanks,
Rekha