[*muffin*]

my document has over 50 cells in a table. I mostly have no problem using the
TAB or the up/down/left/right keys to move from cell to cell to type
something in. the cursor point shows up in MOST of them, but in a couple it
is invisible (the letters show up fine when I type) . I have spent the day
searching the google posts & other sites to find a solution, but nothing
solves 'my' problem.
are there any suggestions? it is not random, just in specific cells,
the curser does show up with the arrow keys, but not when I TAB over to
them. it is livable, but I'd like to know what is wrong.

[Lene Fredborg]

One thing that could result in the cursor disappearing is _negative_ left
and/or right indentation in a table cell (will cause the text area to exceed
the cell borders - the cursor will be hidden if placed in the invisible
area). You could check the left and right indentation below €œIndentation€� in
Format Paragraph Indents and Spacing tab.

Note that I included almost the same explanation in a post I recently added
to your previous thread (you may not have seen it yet - it also contains
answers to your other questions). See:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...f-c5a8ced9b1cc

--
Regards
Lene Fredborg
DocTools - Denmark
www.thedoctools.com
Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word


"*muffin*" wrote:

my document has over 50 cells in a table. I mostly have no problem using the
TAB or the up/down/left/right keys to move from cell to cell to type
something in. the cursor point shows up in MOST of them, but in a couple it
is invisible (the letters show up fine when I type) . I have spent the day
searching the google posts & other sites to find a solution, but nothing
solves 'my' problem.
are there any suggestions? it is not random, just in specific cells,
the curser does show up with the arrow keys, but not when I TAB over to
them. it is livable, but I'd like to know what is wrong.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I find that the cursor tends to disappear in any cell with right alignment,
even if there is normal cell padding and no negative indent.

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Lene Fredborg" wrote in message
...
One thing that could result in the cursor disappearing is _negative_ left
and/or right indentation in a table cell (will cause the text area to
exceed
the cell borders - the cursor will be hidden if placed in the invisible
area). You could check the left and right indentation below €œIndentation€�
in
Format Paragraph Indents and Spacing tab.

Note that I included almost the same explanation in a post I recently
added
to your previous thread (you may not have seen it yet - it also contains
answers to your other questions). See:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...f-c5a8ced9b1cc

--
Regards
Lene Fredborg
DocTools - Denmark
www.thedoctools.com
Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word


"*muffin*" wrote:

my document has over 50 cells in a table. I mostly have no problem using
the
TAB or the up/down/left/right keys to move from cell to cell to type
something in. the cursor point shows up in MOST of them, but in a couple
it
is invisible (the letters show up fine when I type) . I have spent the
day
searching the google posts & other sites to find a solution, but nothing
solves 'my' problem.
are there any suggestions? it is not random, just in specific
cells,
the curser does show up with the arrow keys, but not when I TAB over to
them. it is livable, but I'd like to know what is wrong.

[*muffin*]

I went back & found the post you were talking about, I'll study that.

I did check out what you said about the indentations in that particular
cell. it does not have any negatives & is set for center alignment. the
curser still disappears when I TAB to it .
hmmmmmm


"Lene Fredborg" wrote in message
...
One thing that could result in the cursor disappearing is _negative_ left
and/or right indentation in a table cell (will cause the text area to
exceed
the cell borders - the cursor will be hidden if placed in the invisible
area). You could check the left and right indentation below
?oIndentation?� in
Format Paragraph Indents and Spacing tab.