This may or may not be related to your change in mouse pointers, as many
other users have experienced it (and if it *is* related, that would be good
to know). Most have found that switching to 500% Zoom and back solves the
problem (at least temporarily).

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"Jim Wood" wrote in message
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(I first posted this on the WinXP group, but as I got no replies - and it
seems to be Word-specific - here it is again. Hope someone can help.)

Yesterday I made an appearance change to WinXP, simply to 'show drop
shadows'
behind icons and icon text. Well, a few other options mysteriously
changed
when I applied this one, but I've been able to fix them easily. My
problem
now is that in Word 2003 the "I-Beam" cursor has been replaced with a tiny
blinking line about half-the-height of the text. Under Control
Panel/Mouse/Pointer Options I have the I-Beam selected, but that's not
what
shows up on the page. Is there another selection I need to make?

By the way, F1 Help in Word does not address this. Evidently Office 2003
goes right to the Web, and putting 'cursor' in the box brings up a myriad
of
totally unrelated tips.