[Terry Farrell]

Go into Word Options and disable 'Enable Click and Type'. It's the work of
the devil.

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"Hank" wrote in message
...
In addition to the heavy vertical line of the insertion point, a light I
beam
also appears. It wanders around in the window, sometimes going up into the
ribbon, where it causes unwanted changes that I have to correct.

How can I correct this problem?

Thanks much