[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you actually wanted to use "Click and type," you could double-click
anywhere on the page to start typing there. The pointer shows you whether
you would get left-aligned, centered, or right-aligned text. The only
problem is that the way this is done is by inserting dozens of empty
paragraphs, tab characters, spaces, etc. Very inelegant!

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"George" wrote in message
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Suzanne, thanks a million for the fast response. It would never have
occurred to me that that was the item controlling the insertion point!

George


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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On the Edit tab of Tools | Options, clear the check box for "Click and
type."

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"George" wrote in message
...
I had to reinstall Word 2002 on a new hard drive, and now the insertion
point has these small horizontal lines that move along with the
insertion
point (either leading or trailing depending on how the insertion point
is
moved) . How do I go back to the simple vertical insertion point
without
these little accompanying lines? I looked all over in Tools / Options
but
couldn't find anything.

Thanks in advance.

George