Possibly this is the AutoScroll function usually triggered by clicking the
scroll wheel on your mouse. In a long document, if you trigger the
AutoScroll function. you get the 'compass-like' cursor symbol. If you move
the mouse up or down, the pages will start scrolling up or down: the further
you move it from its 'start' point (that's the point where the mouse pointer
was at the time you clicked the scroll button), the faster it will scroll.
If your mouse supports sideways scrolling, you can scroll across a large
spreadsheet as well as up and down.
The usual reason for accidental triggering is your mouse is knackered and
the scroll wheel 'click' function has become weak so that it clicks when you
only want to scroll.
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Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP
"christophercbrewster via OfficeKB.com" u3143@uwe wrote in message
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Every so often my cursor changes to a symbol that has a round dot
surrounded
by 4 pointers. It doesn't do quite what a normal cursor does and I don't
see
how to get the normal one back. What is this other cursor for, and why do
I
get it randomly?
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Christopher Brewster
Lockheed Martin, Eagan MN
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