It certainly sounds as if the document is protected, but if you've
eliminated that possibility (Unprotect Document is not available on the
Tools menu), then let's back up a bit. Is this problem with Word documents
in general or just a specific document? If the latter, what is the origin of
this document? Is it possible that it is a scanned image of text rather than
actual text?
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"Chuck" wrote in message
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Thanks Suzanne.
I disabled Click and Type, which made the lines next to the mouse pointer
go
away.
But I still can not insert the mouse pointer into any text in the
document.
I also can not highlight text so that I can cut and paste.
Any other ideas.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
It sounds as if you have Click and Type enabled (Tools | Options |
Edit).
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"Chuck" wrote in message
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Hi John,
Thanks for responding. It appears to me that the Protect Document
attribute
is not turned on. I still can not use the mouse inside of the
document.
By the way, the mouse pointer has four small lines to the upper-right
of
the
pointer. It is not the normal "test select" cursor that looks like a
capital
"I" which I see when I'm typing the text in this reply.
I tried a new driver for the mouse. But then other functions stopped
working. This mouse works in Word on another computer.
Do you think there could be a conflict between the mouse and touchpad?
Thanks again for your help.
Chuck
"John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macinto" wrote:
Hi Chuck:
I think you've got me stuped. The only thing I can think of is that
the
Protect Document attribute has somehow gotten turned on.
Go to the Tools menu and see if "Unprotect Document" is available at
the
top? If it is, click it.
Otherwise: sorry, I haven't a clue...
On the Help menu in Word, you will find a Detect and Repair option.
That
would be my last resort: it will ask for the Office CD, so make sure
you
have one handy...
Cheers
On 16/8/06 10:02 AM, in article
, "Chuck"
wrote:
I just switched to Word as part of Office (from Lotus Word Pro),
and I
can't
use the mouse or the touchpad in a document to highlight text or
insert the
cursor into any part of the text. I also can't use the mouse when
making
replies in Outlook, unless I turn off using Word for Outlook.
The mouse and touchpad both work in the Word toolbar and Word
Help.
It
works in Word Pro and in other Office products like Excel and
Publisher. The
mouse also works in the same version of Word on someone else's
computer in my
office.
I have a new HP laptop and Office is newly installed . . it did
not
come
with the laptop.
I assume that it may be a setting. Any help would be greatly
appreciated.
Thanks.
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