This problem is minor but irritating. Sometime the cursor is no longer a
normal, thin line where I want to insert text, but instead a bit thicker line
that looks almost like a subscript (i.e. positioned somewhat lower on the
text line). It looks as if I'm about to enter subscript text, or much
smaller text, but the text is then entered normally.

I haven't changed anything that I'm aware of. This may happen, though,
after I open certain documents from other people. Is there any good way to
adjust cursor settings?

Change the Zoom to 500% and back.

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Words into Type
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"Michael" wrote in message
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This problem is minor but irritating. Sometime the cursor is no longer a
normal, thin line where I want to insert text, but instead a bit thicker
line
that looks almost like a subscript (i.e. positioned somewhat lower on the
text line). It looks as if I'm about to enter subscript text, or much
smaller text, but the text is then entered normally.

I haven't changed anything that I'm aware of. This may happen, though,
after I open certain documents from other people. Is there any good way
to
adjust cursor settings?

Michael wrote:
This problem is minor but irritating. Sometime the cursor is no
longer a normal, thin line where I want to insert text, but instead a
bit thicker line that looks almost like a subscript (i.e. positioned
somewhat lower on the text line). It looks as if I'm about to enter
subscript text, or much smaller text, but the text is then entered
normally.

I haven't changed anything that I'm aware of. This may happen,
though, after I open certain documents from other people. Is there
any good way to adjust cursor settings?

Hi Michael,

A number of us see that kind of behavior. Switching the zoom to 500% and
back to 100% usually fixes it.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org