[Mushroom Lady]

I have always had the standard 'I' insertion point/cursor. Two weeks ago it
changed to a tiny, tiny flashing dot instead of the bar. How do I fix it?
I have tried changing the view from normal to web layout to print layout.
Sometimes that works to change it back but only temporarily. Other times
changing the view doesn't help at all.

I can not see the small dot most of the time so I am really slowed down
working. I have search for cursor and insertion point in MS help files but
found nothing.

Anyone know what's going on and how to fix it?

[Stefan Blom]

If this is Word 2003, it is a known bug. To fix it, change the zoom (to
500%, say) and then change it back to the desired value. Repeat as needed.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Mushroom Lady" wrote in message
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I have always had the standard 'I' insertion point/cursor. Two weeks ago
it
changed to a tiny, tiny flashing dot instead of the bar. How do I fix it?
I have tried changing the view from normal to web layout to print layout.
Sometimes that works to change it back but only temporarily. Other times
changing the view doesn't help at all.

I can not see the small dot most of the time so I am really slowed down
working. I have search for cursor and insertion point in MS help files
but
found nothing.

Anyone know what's going on and how to fix it?

[Graham Mayor]

If you add the lines

With ActiveWindow.View
.Type = wdPrintView
'.Type = wdNormalView 'alternative line for normal view
.Zoom.Percentage = 500
.Zoom.Percentage = 100 'your preferred zoom
End With

to both an autoopen and an autonew macro in normal.dot it should never
appear again
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


Stefan Blom wrote:
If this is Word 2003, it is a known bug. To fix it, change the zoom
(to 500%, say) and then change it back to the desired value. Repeat
as needed.

"Mushroom Lady" wrote in message
...
I have always had the standard 'I' insertion point/cursor. Two
weeks ago it
changed to a tiny, tiny flashing dot instead of the bar. How do I
fix it? I have tried changing the view from normal to web layout to
print layout. Sometimes that works to change it back but only
temporarily. Other times changing the view doesn't help at all.

I can not see the small dot most of the time so I am really slowed
down working. I have search for cursor and insertion point in MS
help files but
found nothing.

Anyone know what's going on and how to fix it?