Hi

Try View Zoom and click OK. Some people say you have to change the Zoom
setting (eg to 200%) and then back again, but I find just View Zoom OK
works for me when this happens.

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word


"Stuster" wrote in message
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The standard insertion point straight line has suddenly disappeared from
Word
2003. Now all I have is a blinking full stop (period). Just started on
opening Word this morning. I have restarted the computer, got Word to
repair
itself etc. but can not work out how to change this back to the default
insertion point cursor. Any ideas?