Function of I beam symbol

[Hank]

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

 

[Terry Farrell]

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

 

[Hank]

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

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP



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I disabled "enable click and type" The problem persists, even in the writing of this reply.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The I-beam is usually the representation of your mouse pointer when it's in
a text area. It should change to an arrow when it's over a menu or toolbar,
though.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Terry Farrell]

Are you using a laptop with a touchpad?

Terry

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

 

[Hank]

Are you using a laptop with a touchpad?

Terry


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I'm using a Lenovo S 10 net book with a touch pad, but I'm not using the touch pad. I'm using MS Wireless Mobile Mouse 3000.

 

[Terry Farrell]

The usual reason for a 'wondering' cursor is an oversensitive touchpad. Have
you tried disabling the Touchpad to see if that eliminates the problem?

Terry

 

[Hank]

The usual reason for a 'wondering' cursor is an oversensitive touchpad. Have
you tried disabling the Touchpad to see if that eliminates the problem?

Terry


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An over sensitive touch pad was indeed the problem. I could not find instructions on disabling, so I removed the driver. Thanks much.

 

[Terry Farrell]

On most Netbooks and Laptops, one of the Function Keys is assigned to toggle
the touchpad on/off. Typically, you press the FUNC key +F7 or F8 (one should
be the Touchpad and the other the wireless).

Terry

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I love that my HP laptop has a dedicated button to turn the touchpad off and
on.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Hank]

On most Netbooks and Laptops, one of the Function Keys is assigned to toggle
the touchpad on/off. Typically, you press the FUNC key +F7 or F8 (one should
be the Touchpad and the other the wireless).

Terry



On my S10 the combination Fn+F6 disables the touch pad. Thanks again.

 

[Terry Farrell]

Excellent.

Terry