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Question Dale, I tried that three times. But it didn't stick. Please note that our network saves parts of Word setup locally, and part on the network, so it may only need me to persevere. I shall try that, the perseverance thing.
Meanwhile, do you know if this behavior is by design, or a glitch in Word, or otherwise fixable? I can let you know if our tack of trying the normal.dot thing several times finally fixes it, but I'm curious as to what caused it in the first place.
Thanks; I was QUITE relieved to find that I'm not the only person who has seen this.
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Hello. I have the problem below. I resolved it as below. However, it appears the small cursor is in my normal.dot. I can't seem to fix it THERE, so every time I open a new doc, I get the small cursor. I've changed it in normal.dot, and saved it, but it doesn't seem to stick. Thanks.
Joe
Expert: Suzanne S. Barnhill
Date: 6/30/2006
Subject: Cursor size
Question
Word 2003 - I have the glitch about the cursor size - first time. I have read in several places that you just Zoom to 500% and then back to 100%, and it fixes it. However, when I put 500% in, click Enter, and then go back and click 100%, nothing happens. Am I doing something wrong?
Answer
It sounds as if you're using the View | Zoom... dialog. Are you clicking OK after entering 500%, then going back to the dialog and entering 100%? I think most of us usually change Zoom by using the Zoom dropdown on the Standard toolbar, where just clicking 500% changes the Zoom, and then you can click the dropdown again and select 100% (or whatever you had). I have not heard any reports of this not working.
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Hi Joe,
I think what you need to do is modify Normal.Dot.
Modify Normal.dot
When Word starts misbehaving the prudent thing to do is to simply replace or modify Normal.dot.
(Normal.dot is the default template for Word.)
Open Word
On the File menu, click Open, and then locate and open the template you want to modify.
You will probably have to change the Look in: to where Word Template files are stored.
If you don’t know the location, From the Menu Bar Select Tools, Options, File Locations Tab then select User Templates then Modify, look in the Folder name box to see where templates are stored, and then click Cancel and Close. Click the little down pointer to the right of Templates so you can see the Path.
Change the Files of type: to Document templates (*.dot)
Locate, select and open Normal.dot
Change any of the template's text and graphics, styles, formatting, macros, AutoText entries, toolbars, menu settings, and shortcut keys.
In your case fix the cursor size.
Click Save
The content of existing documents are not affected by changes you make to the templates they're based on. Word will update modified styles when you open an existing document only if the Automatically update document styles option is turned on. Set this option before you open an existing document by clicking Templates and Add-Ins on the Tools menu.
Good Luck.
Dale :-)
Answer Hello Again Joe,
You must be sure you are modifying the master copy of Normal.dot. Although I didn't know there could be more than one. If you simply change the document you are working on when you open a new document or open Microsoft Word it will revert to the default Normal.dot.
Here is what the majority of users do to fix this issue:
Simply change your Zoom setting, and then switch it back to the initial setting.
Here is what a user from a Cnet.com forum did:
I had same problem. Here's how I fixed mine.
I had the same problem - the flashing insertion point marker had become only about half the height of the font. Most annoying.
1) Shut down Microsoft Word.
2) Go to Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates and rename normal.dot [DON'T delete it!]
3) Start Word and load the offending document. (cursor is still wrong)
4) Make a change. I turned off a toolbar and changed some text.
5) Save the document and exit Word
6) Go back to Templates and delete the newly created normal.dot and rename the old one back to normal.dot
7) When I start Word and reopen the document, the cursor is ok again.
It may be that some of this is superfluous but it worked for me. Good luck!
Suzanne Barnhill is a lot smarter about Microsoft Word issues than me so I would do what ever she suggests.
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