when I open a workbook I get a plus sign instead of a cursor.why?

[Guest]

When I open a workbook in excel I have a plus sign instead of a cursor and if
I click on the worksheet my program will freeze.

 

[David McRitchie]

Hi Valerie,
The fat white plus sign is the normal cursor for Excel, in fact if you have something
else you can reset it by including the following line in a macro or by running it
from the intermediate window (Ctrl+G) in the Visual Basic Editor..
Application.Cursor = xlDefault

see http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/fillhand.htm#pointers
picture of mouse pointers as seen in my control panel, mouse, pointers
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/icons/pointers.jpg

You will see pictures of cursors in you Settings, Control Panel, Mouse, Pointers(tab)

So I don't think that is the the problem. Can you provide more information
on anything else that you see when Excel "freezes"., including what you
can and what you cannot do. Do you see anything unusual on the Status Bar.
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/statusbar.htm

 

[David McRitchie]

Hi Valerie,
Since I haven't heard anything back, will assume you won't see any
of this until Monday, so will add where to find some links for debugging
Excel (basically start up by running in safe mode to start with).
Trouble Shooting and Startup Problems (#startup)
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/slowresp.htm#startup

// David McRitchie