What's the cursor that looks like a compass?
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From: christophercbrewster via OfficeKB.com on 29 Mar 2010 16:27 Every so often my cursor changes to a symbol that has a round dot surrounded by 4 pointers. It doesn't do quite what a normal cursor does and I don't see how to get the normal one back. What is this other cursor for, and why do I get it randomly? -- Christopher Brewster Lockheed Martin, Eagan MN Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/ms-word-general/201003/1
From: Yves Dhondt on 29 Mar 2010 17:01 You can see that cursor in a lot of places: - top-left corner of tables - shapes - figures - smart art Normally the cursor changes back to normal when you leave those objects. Could it be that you selected one of those objects? Or that you have a page sized object? Yves "christophercbrewster via OfficeKB.com" <u3143(a)uwe> wrote in message news:a5bf872e97c8d(a)uwe... > Every so often my cursor changes to a symbol that has a round dot > surrounded > by 4 pointers. It doesn't do quite what a normal cursor does and I don't > see > how to get the normal one back. What is this other cursor for, and why do > I > get it randomly? > > -- > Christopher Brewster > Lockheed Martin, Eagan MN > > Message posted via OfficeKB.com > http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/ms-word-general/201003/1 >
From: Terry Farrell on 30 Mar 2010 04:17 Possibly this is the AutoScroll function usually triggered by clicking the scroll wheel on your mouse. In a long document, if you trigger the AutoScroll function. you get the 'compass-like' cursor symbol. If you move the mouse up or down, the pages will start scrolling up or down: the further you move it from its 'start' point (that's the point where the mouse pointer was at the time you clicked the scroll button), the faster it will scroll. If your mouse supports sideways scrolling, you can scroll across a large spreadsheet as well as up and down. The usual reason for accidental triggering is your mouse is knackered and the scroll wheel 'click' function has become weak so that it clicks when you only want to scroll. -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "christophercbrewster via OfficeKB.com" <u3143(a)uwe> wrote in message news:a5bf872e97c8d(a)uwe... > Every so often my cursor changes to a symbol that has a round dot > surrounded > by 4 pointers. It doesn't do quite what a normal cursor does and I don't > see > how to get the normal one back. What is this other cursor for, and why do > I > get it randomly? > > -- > Christopher Brewster > Lockheed Martin, Eagan MN > > Message posted via OfficeKB.com > http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/ms-word-general/201003/1 >
From: Herb Tyson [MVP] on 30 Mar 2010 09:28 If it is accidental AutoScroll, then pressing the Esc key turns it off. If you're using IntelliPoint, you can change the assignment to the wheel click in your Mouse settings (control panel). Here... I see something similar when the wheel click is assigned to the AutoScroll function, but I see only two arrows (up/down), rather than four. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word Bible Blog: http://word.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell(a)msn.com> wrote in message news:eR3JzF#zKHA.1796(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Possibly this is the AutoScroll function usually triggered by clicking the > scroll wheel on your mouse. In a long document, if you trigger the > AutoScroll function. you get the 'compass-like' cursor symbol. If you move > the mouse up or down, the pages will start scrolling up or down: the > further you move it from its 'start' point (that's the point where the > mouse pointer was at the time you clicked the scroll button), the faster > it will scroll. If your mouse supports sideways scrolling, you can scroll > across a large spreadsheet as well as up and down. > > The usual reason for accidental triggering is your mouse is knackered and > the scroll wheel 'click' function has become weak so that it clicks when > you only want to scroll. > > -- > Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP > > "christophercbrewster via OfficeKB.com" <u3143(a)uwe> wrote in message > news:a5bf872e97c8d(a)uwe... >> Every so often my cursor changes to a symbol that has a round dot >> surrounded >> by 4 pointers. It doesn't do quite what a normal cursor does and I don't >> see >> how to get the normal one back. What is this other cursor for, and why do >> I >> get it randomly? >> >> -- >> Christopher Brewster >> Lockheed Martin, Eagan MN >> >> Message posted via OfficeKB.com >> http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/ms-word-general/201003/1 >>
From: Terry Farrell on 30 Mar 2010 12:58 Herb You only get 4 arrows if your mouse supports sideways scrolling and the option is enables in Intellipoint. Terry "Herb Tyson [MVP]" <herb(a)1x2y3z.xnw> wrote in message news:uBbe5zA0KHA.2436(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > If it is accidental AutoScroll, then pressing the Esc key turns it off. If > you're using IntelliPoint, you can change the assignment to the wheel > click in your Mouse settings (control panel). > > Here... I see something similar when the wheel click is assigned to the > AutoScroll function, but I see only two arrows (up/down), rather than > four. > > -- > Herb Tyson MS MVP > Author of the Word Bible > Blog: http://word.herbtyson.com > Web: http://www.herbtyson.com > > "Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell(a)msn.com> wrote in message > news:eR3JzF#zKHA.1796(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> Possibly this is the AutoScroll function usually triggered by clicking >> the scroll wheel on your mouse. In a long document, if you trigger the >> AutoScroll function. you get the 'compass-like' cursor symbol. If you >> move the mouse up or down, the pages will start scrolling up or down: the >> further you move it from its 'start' point (that's the point where the >> mouse pointer was at the time you clicked the scroll button), the faster >> it will scroll. If your mouse supports sideways scrolling, you can scroll >> across a large spreadsheet as well as up and down. >> >> The usual reason for accidental triggering is your mouse is knackered and >> the scroll wheel 'click' function has become weak so that it clicks when >> you only want to scroll. >> >> -- >> Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP >> >> "christophercbrewster via OfficeKB.com" <u3143(a)uwe> wrote in message >> news:a5bf872e97c8d(a)uwe... >>> Every so often my cursor changes to a symbol that has a round dot >>> surrounded >>> by 4 pointers. It doesn't do quite what a normal cursor does and I don't >>> see >>> how to get the normal one back. What is this other cursor for, and why >>> do I >>> get it randomly? >>> >>> -- >>> Christopher Brewster >>> Lockheed Martin, Eagan MN >>> >>> Message posted via OfficeKB.com >>> http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/ms-word-general/201003/1 >>>
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