[John Vanini]

I have Word 2003 and Windows XP.



My problem is that the "Select Text" pointer, when used in "Word", is only
half size - in all other programs it's normal size. I apologise but I'm not
sure what it's normally called.



However, it's the vertical line that is placed on the sheet to mark where to
begin typing, when you click the mouse button.



It's very annoying and I have no idea why it changed or how to correct it.
Can anyone help, please?



Regards,



John

[Stefan Blom]

It's called the insertion point. And what you are seeing is a bug. As a
work-around, change the zoom, for example to 500% and then back to what
you are currently using.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"John Vanini" wrote in message
...
I have Word 2003 and Windows XP.



My problem is that the "Select Text" pointer, when used in "Word", is
only
half size - in all other programs it's normal size. I apologise but
I'm not
sure what it's normally called.



However, it's the vertical line that is placed on the sheet to mark
where to
begin typing, when you click the mouse button.



It's very annoying and I have no idea why it changed or how to correct
it.
Can anyone help, please?



Regards,



John

[John Vanini]

Aaah! So that's what it's called! I'll remember that!

Thanks Stefan, for your reply. Strangely enough, though, I decided to see
what results my email had brought because I suddenly noticed, when writing a
document, that the insertion point had gone back to the size it used to be!

I had been using various other programs and perhaps that "cured" the problem
but I'll make a note of your advice for the future.

Thanks again, Stefan.

John

"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
...
It's called the insertion point. And what you are seeing is a bug. As a
work-around, change the zoom, for example to 500% and then back to what
you are currently using.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"John Vanini" wrote in message
...
I have Word 2003 and Windows XP.



My problem is that the "Select Text" pointer, when used in "Word", is
only
half size - in all other programs it's normal size. I apologise but
I'm not
sure what it's normally called.



However, it's the vertical line that is placed on the sheet to mark
where to
begin typing, when you click the mouse button.



It's very annoying and I have no idea why it changed or how to correct
it.
Can anyone help, please?



Regards,



John

[Stefan Blom]

I'm glad you got it sorted. If the problem comes back, changing the zoom
would certainly fix it.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"John Vanini" wrote in message
...
Aaah! So that's what it's called! I'll remember that!

Thanks Stefan, for your reply. Strangely enough, though, I decided to
see
what results my email had brought because I suddenly noticed, when
writing a
document, that the insertion point had gone back to the size it used
to be!

I had been using various other programs and perhaps that "cured" the
problem
but I'll make a note of your advice for the future.

Thanks again, Stefan.

John

"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
...
It's called the insertion point. And what you are seeing is a bug.
As a
work-around, change the zoom, for example to 500% and then back to
what
you are currently using.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"John Vanini" wrote in message
...
I have Word 2003 and Windows XP.



My problem is that the "Select Text" pointer, when used in "Word",
is
only
half size - in all other programs it's normal size. I apologise but
I'm not
sure what it's normally called.



However, it's the vertical line that is placed on the sheet to mark
where to
begin typing, when you click the mouse button.



It's very annoying and I have no idea why it changed or how to
correct
it.
Can anyone help, please?



Regards,



John