This started to happen here with increasing frequency and joins a list of
petty changes to the tools options that Word 2003 seems to make at random.
As Suzanne's suggestion does provide a fix, I added the extra command line
to my auto macros and now at least each document opened or created does so
with the correct environment (and cursor size). The macros I use a

Sub AutoNew()
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.DisplayRulers = True
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.ShowAll = False
ActiveWindow.DisplayHorizontalScrollBar = True
ActiveWindow.DisplayVerticalScrollBar = True
With ActiveWindow.View
.Type = wdPrintView
'.Type = wdNormalView
.Zoom.Percentage = 500
.Zoom.Percentage = 100
.FieldShading = wdFieldShadingWhenSelected
.ShowFieldCodes = False
.DisplayPageBoundaries = True
End With
CommandBars("Reviewing").Visible = False
CommandBars("Drawing").Visible = False
CommandBars("Forms").Visible = False
End Sub

Sub AutoOpen()
ActiveWindow.Caption = ActiveDocument.FullName
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.DisplayRulers = True
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.ShowAll = False
ActiveWindow.DisplayHorizontalScrollBar = True
ActiveWindow.DisplayVerticalScrollBar = True
With ActiveWindow.View
.Type = wdPrintView
.Zoom.Percentage = 500
.Zoom.Percentage = 100
.FieldShading = wdFieldShadingWhenSelected
.ShowFieldCodes = False
.DisplayPageBoundaries = True
End With
End Sub

Add to or remove from the above as required:
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
Not something you did. No one seems to know what causes this, but a
lot of users seem to experience it. What usually fixes it (at least
temporarily) is to switch to 500% Zoom and back.


"Anders AA" wrote in message
...
Hi everybody !

Actually, this is a really straight froward question but for some
reason I'm not capable of figuring it out myself.

While writing in MS Word 2003, i accidentally changed the cursor
from the usual one to a really small and anoying dot on the bottom
of the line. I've got absolutely no idea how to change it back
again, so can anybody help me ?!