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From time to time when working in Word 2002 I accidently hit a set of keys
and my insertion point cursor turns into the "Mac" four-leaf clover. What
keys am I hitting to make that happen? Is there an easy way to reset the
cursor when this happens?
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To reset the cursor, press the Esc key.

Zorcon wrote:

From time to time when working in Word 2002 I accidently hit a set of keys
and my insertion point cursor turns into the "Mac" four-leaf clover. What
keys am I hitting to make that happen? Is there an easy way to reset the
cursor when this happens?


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Thanks! Do you know what keys I hit that cause the cursor to change?

"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:

To reset the cursor, press the Esc key.

Zorcon wrote:

From time to time when working in Word 2002 I accidently hit a set of keys
and my insertion point cursor turns into the "Mac" four-leaf clover. What
keys am I hitting to make that happen? Is there an easy way to reset the
cursor when this happens?



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Alt Ctrl Num+ , although I don't know how you could hit that combination
accidentally, because I can barely do it on purpose.

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Thanks! Do you know what keys I hit that cause the cursor to change?

"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:


To reset the cursor, press the Esc key.

Zorcon wrote:


From time to time when working in Word 2002 I accidently hit a set of keys
and my insertion point cursor turns into the "Mac" four-leaf clover. What
keys am I hitting to make that happen? Is there an easy way to reset the
cursor when this happens?




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Note also that this is the 'destructive' cursor in that any menu item you
select while it is displayed will be deleted.

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Zorcon wrote:
Thanks! Do you know what keys I hit that cause the cursor to change?

"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:

To reset the cursor, press the Esc key.

Zorcon wrote:

From time to time when working in Word 2002 I accidently hit a set
of keys and my insertion point cursor turns into the "Mac"
four-leaf clover. What keys am I hitting to make that happen? Is
there an easy way to reset the cursor when this happens?





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Fortunately for Zorcon, no, the cloverleaf (Ctrl+Alt+NumPlus) is the
"assign this item to a keyboard shortcut" cursor (the
ToolsCustomizeKeyboardShortcut command). When this cursor is active,
clicking a menu item or toolbar button or pressing an existing
shortcut will open the Customize Keyboard dialog with the
corresponding command highlighted.

The destructive cursor is Ctrl+Alt+minus
(http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/LostSymbol.htm).

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On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 07:31:11 +0300, "Graham Mayor"
wrote:

Note also that this is the 'destructive' cursor in that any menu item you
select while it is displayed will be deleted.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Zorcon wrote:
Thanks! Do you know what keys I hit that cause the cursor to change?

"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:

To reset the cursor, press the Esc key.

Zorcon wrote:

From time to time when working in Word 2002 I accidently hit a set
of keys and my insertion point cursor turns into the "Mac"
four-leaf clover. What keys am I hitting to make that happen? Is
there an easy way to reset the cursor when this happens?


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You are right of course - just got up and the brain is still fogged. Must go
for breakfast

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Jay Freedman wrote:
Fortunately for Zorcon, no, the cloverleaf (Ctrl+Alt+NumPlus) is the
"assign this item to a keyboard shortcut" cursor (the
ToolsCustomizeKeyboardShortcut command). When this cursor is active,
clicking a menu item or toolbar button or pressing an existing
shortcut will open the Customize Keyboard dialog with the
corresponding command highlighted.

The destructive cursor is Ctrl+Alt+minus
(http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/LostSymbol.htm).


Note also that this is the 'destructive' cursor in that any menu
item you select while it is displayed will be deleted.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Zorcon wrote:
Thanks! Do you know what keys I hit that cause the cursor to change?

"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:

To reset the cursor, press the Esc key.

Zorcon wrote:

From time to time when working in Word 2002 I accidently hit a set
of keys and my insertion point cursor turns into the "Mac"
four-leaf clover. What keys am I hitting to make that happen? Is
there an easy way to reset the cursor when this happens?



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