My cursor has turned into a horizontal bar; how to change back?

[Guest]

I had been experimenting with key combinations trying to get an "m"-dash. I
have no idea what my cursor's behavior will be like with this new "horizontal
bar" look.

I'm using Word 2003.

I tried using Help, asking for "cursor," "cursor setting," and "pointer
setting," and got back unusable tips.

Thanks in advance

 

[garfield-n-odie]

Press the Escape key. By the way, you have found the
"destructive cursor", which is activated by pressing
Ctrl+Alt+hyphen. If you click on a menu command while the
destructive cursor is active, you will delete that command from
the menu. You can insert an m-dash by pressing Alt+0151 (that
is, hold down the Alt key, type 0151 from the numeric keypad, and
release the Alt key).

 

[Guest]

Thanks very much! You answered it all!

Press the Escape key. By the way, you have found the
"destructive cursor", which is activated by pressing
Ctrl+Alt+hyphen. If you click on a menu command while the
destructive cursor is active, you will delete that command from
the menu. You can insert an m-dash by pressing Alt+0151 (that
is, hold down the Alt key, type 0151 from the numeric keypad, and
release the Alt key).

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/LostSymbol.htm for more.

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

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