Suzanne,
This morning the insertion point cursor is back to its original size without my having done anything (no, I'm not going crazy, this did happen). I have no explanation, but I've been around computers long enough to know that when something works unexpectedly it's often a good idea to just be grateful and not ask why.
The zoom never changed from 100% so I don't think that was it. But thanks for the suggestion.
Michael Ryle
----- Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: -----
If the insertion point is smaller it might be that you reduced the size of
the text (or the zoom ratio).
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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cmryle said:
I misspoke. You're right: the i-beam is the mouse pointer. The vertical
line marks the insertion point.the insertion point cursor from a tall vertical line, which I can see
easily, to a short vertical line, which I can't see easily. I have no idea
what that combination of keystrokes is (probably something like
control+alt+numlock+scrollock+K for kursor, while at the same time putting
your right index finger in your left ear and crossing your toes). Trying to
find out from the help is ... well, we won't go into that. If I'd had any
luck there I wouldn't be here.unintended execution of keyboard shortcuts and the resulting non-trivial
waste of the time it takes to figure out exactly what happened and put
things back the way they were.spent a lot of time I wish I had back reading about it, so your little dig
in guise of a suggestion falls flat. And I am a touch typist, learned how
on a real honest-to-God typewriter, but that doesn't mean that I don't hit
the control or alt or windows keys when I don't mean to, which is probably
what leads to these pesky unintended keyboard shortcuts being executed. In
fact, being a touch typist means you're more rather than less likely to do
that because you're not looking at the keyboard.