My problem is that I have just opened a 'New' document and the flashing
cursor (which indicates where to start typing) appears to be a full-stop. I
can't remember what it was before, but it certainly wasn't this. I have read
all the posts regarding cursor problems, but none of the fixes have worked.

I also noticed the change appeared in my previous document and I kept trying
to delete it because I actually thought it was a full-stop.

Any other suggestions please.

Open Control Panel/Mouse/Pointers tab/"Text select"

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Mark L. Ferguson

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"Websken" <Websken@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B0F57667-8D84-42C1-8B8D-BD788044DADB@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> My problem is that I have just opened a 'New' document and the flashing
> cursor (which indicates where to start typing) appears to be a full-stop.
> I
> can't remember what it was before, but it certainly wasn't this. I have
> read
> all the posts regarding cursor problems, but none of the fixes have
> worked.
>
> I also noticed the change appeared in my previous document and I kept
> trying
> to delete it because I actually thought it was a full-stop.
>
> Any other suggestions please.[/color]

In microsoft.public.windows.vista.general, Websken wrote:
[color=blue]
>My problem is that I have just opened a 'New' document and the flashing
>cursor (which indicates where to start typing) appears to be a full-stop. I
>can't remember what it was before, but it certainly wasn't this. I have read
>all the posts regarding cursor problems, but none of the fixes have worked.
>
>I also noticed the change appeared in my previous document and I kept trying
>to delete it because I actually thought it was a full-stop.
>
>Any other suggestions please.[/color]

You probably want to state that you are opening the "document" in
Notepad, WordPad or whatever you are talking about.

Thanks for both replies but when I switched on this morning, the cursor is
back to its original style. Obviously I should have tried re-booting in the
first place.

Regards,