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November 28th, 2008, 02:29 PM
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How to stop I-beam cursor changing to pointer?
After reinstalling Word 2003, I find that the I-beam cursor changes into the
mouse pointer if I move it beyond the (right) end of a sentence. Before reinstalling, this did not happen. How can I stop this? Ken 
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November 28th, 2008, 03:04 PM
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How to stop I-beam cursor changing to pointer?
That's the expected behavior -- why do you want to have the I-beam
cursor outside the text itself? On Nov 28, 9:29*am, kenrkenr wrote: After reinstalling Word 2003, I find that the I-beam cursor changes into the mouse pointer if I move it beyond the (right) end of a sentence. Before reinstalling, this did not happen. How can I stop this? Ken
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November 28th, 2008, 03:28 PM
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How to stop I-beam cursor changing to pointer?
This happens only if you have support for a right-to-left language
installed. Ordinarily, the pointer appears only in the left margin. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "kenrkenr" wrote in message ... After reinstalling Word 2003, I find that the I-beam cursor changes into the mouse pointer if I move it beyond the (right) end of a sentence. Before reinstalling, this did not happen. How can I stop this? Ken
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November 28th, 2008, 04:44 PM
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How to stop I-beam cursor changing to pointer?
Ha! See what happens when you automatically turn on Hebrew, Arabic,
and Syriac support before the first time you use Word! On Nov 28, 10:28*am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: This happens only if you have support for a right-to-left language installed. Ordinarily, the pointer appears only in the left margin. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "kenrkenr" wrote in message ... After reinstalling Word 2003, I find that the I-beam cursor changes into the mouse pointer if I move it beyond the (right) end of a sentence. Before reinstalling, this did not happen. How can I stop this?
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November 28th, 2008, 11:59 PM
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How to stop I-beam cursor changing to pointer?
Suzanne, thanks so much for your answer. Do you know how I can turn off the
right-to-left language support? I tried doing it under Options/Complex scripts, but that didn't seem to work. Ken "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: This happens only if you have support for a right-to-left language installed. Ordinarily, the pointer appears only in the left margin. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "kenrkenr" wrote in message ... After reinstalling Word 2003, I find that the I-beam cursor changes into the mouse pointer if I move it beyond the (right) end of a sentence. Before reinstalling, this did not happen. How can I stop this? Ken
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November 29th, 2008, 12:32 AM
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How to stop I-beam cursor changing to pointer?
No, but "grammatim" seems to know something about this; perhaps he can help.
My guess would be to disable such languages in Start | Programs | Microsoft Office | Microsoft Office Tools | Microsoft Office [version] Language Settings. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "kenrkenr" wrote in message ... Suzanne, thanks so much for your answer. Do you know how I can turn off the right-to-left language support? I tried doing it under Options/Complex scripts, but that didn't seem to work. Ken "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: This happens only if you have support for a right-to-left language installed. Ordinarily, the pointer appears only in the left margin. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "kenrkenr" wrote in message ... After reinstalling Word 2003, I find that the I-beam cursor changes into the mouse pointer if I move it beyond the (right) end of a sentence. Before reinstalling, this did not happen. How can I stop this? Ken
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November 29th, 2008, 03:52 AM
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How to stop I-beam cursor changing to pointer?
I've never accessed Microsoft Office Language Settings. I only know
how to use Start Control Panel Regional & Language Options Language [going by memory for XP] Details and delete languages from the panel that appears. (In Vista, it's Keyboards & Languages select the "keyboard(s)" (actually the languages! the part here labeled "languages" sets the language Windows operates in, not the languages you can choose from when typing) you don't need and click Remove.) On Nov 28, 7:32*pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: No, but "grammatim" seems to know something about this; perhaps he can help. My guess would be to disable such languages in Start | Programs | Microsoft Office | Microsoft Office Tools | Microsoft Office [version] Language Settings. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "kenrkenr" wrote in message ... Suzanne, thanks so much for your answer. Do you know how I can turn off the right-to-left language support? I tried doing it under Options/Complex scripts, but that didn't seem to work. Ken "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: This happens only if you have support for a right-to-left language installed. Ordinarily, the pointer appears only in the left margin. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "kenrkenr" wrote in message ... After reinstalling Word 2003, I find that the I-beam cursor changes into the mouse pointer if I move it beyond the (right) end of a sentence. Before reinstalling, this did not happen. How can I stop this?
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November 29th, 2008, 04:25 AM
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How to stop I-beam cursor changing to pointer?
That's part of what makes it so confusing: there are language options in so
many different places. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "grammatim" wrote in message ... I've never accessed Microsoft Office Language Settings. I only know how to use Start Control Panel Regional & Language Options Language [going by memory for XP] Details and delete languages from the panel that appears. (In Vista, it's Keyboards & Languages select the "keyboard(s)" (actually the languages! the part here labeled "languages" sets the language Windows operates in, not the languages you can choose from when typing) you don't need and click Remove.) On Nov 28, 7:32 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: No, but "grammatim" seems to know something about this; perhaps he can help. My guess would be to disable such languages in Start | Programs | Microsoft Office | Microsoft Office Tools | Microsoft Office [version] Language Settings. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "kenrkenr" wrote in message ... Suzanne, thanks so much for your answer. Do you know how I can turn off the right-to-left language support? I tried doing it under Options/Complex scripts, but that didn't seem to work. Ken "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: This happens only if you have support for a right-to-left language installed. Ordinarily, the pointer appears only in the left margin. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "kenrkenr" wrote in message ... After reinstalling Word 2003, I find that the I-beam cursor changes into the mouse pointer if I move it beyond the (right) end of a sentence. Before reinstalling, this did not happen. How can I stop this?
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November 29th, 2008, 05:26 AM
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How to stop I-beam cursor changing to pointer?
That did the trick. I deselected Hebrew, which is right-to-left, and the
problem disappeared. Thanks a million, Suzanne. Ken "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: No, but "grammatim" seems to know something about this; perhaps he can help. My guess would be to disable such languages in Start | Programs | Microsoft Office | Microsoft Office Tools | Microsoft Office [version] Language Settings. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "kenrkenr" wrote in message ... Suzanne, thanks so much for your answer. Do you know how I can turn off the right-to-left language support? I tried doing it under Options/Complex scripts, but that didn't seem to work. Ken "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: This happens only if you have support for a right-to-left language installed. Ordinarily, the pointer appears only in the left margin. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "kenrkenr" wrote in message ... After reinstalling Word 2003, I find that the I-beam cursor changes into the mouse pointer if I move it beyond the (right) end of a sentence. Before reinstalling, this did not happen. How can I stop this? Ken
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November 29th, 2008, 01:16 PM
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How to stop I-beam cursor changing to pointer?
Great! Glad that worked for you.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "kenrkenr" wrote in message ... That did the trick. I deselected Hebrew, which is right-to-left, and the problem disappeared. Thanks a million, Suzanne. Ken "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: No, but "grammatim" seems to know something about this; perhaps he can help. My guess would be to disable such languages in Start | Programs | Microsoft Office | Microsoft Office Tools | Microsoft Office [version] Language Settings. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "kenrkenr" wrote in message ... Suzanne, thanks so much for your answer. Do you know how I can turn off the right-to-left language support? I tried doing it under Options/Complex scripts, but that didn't seem to work. Ken "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: This happens only if you have support for a right-to-left language installed. Ordinarily, the pointer appears only in the left margin. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "kenrkenr" wrote in message ... After reinstalling Word 2003, I find that the I-beam cursor changes into the mouse pointer if I move it beyond the (right) end of a sentence. Before reinstalling, this did not happen. How can I stop this? Ken
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