From: stac83 on
Amazing - that actually worked! I zoomed in to 500% and then back to 100%,
and it was fixed. Thanks so much - it was driving me crazy :-)

"chrissyd" wrote:

> Thanks, Tony - I went back to a doc to try your suggestion, but the bar had
> returned to full size by itself. Ghost in the machine....
>
> "Tony Jollans" wrote:
>
> > This is one of Word's little mysteries. Switching the zoom to 500% and back
> > again seems to cure it.
> >
> > FWIW, my experience suggests some sort of document corruption as once it
> > happens in a document it seems to always be a 'feature' of that document but
> > switching the zoom always (temporarily) restores the correct size.
> >
> > --
> > Enjoy,
> > Tony
> >
> >
> > "chrissyd" <chrissyd(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:E1F68222-1087-416F-82D3-96E9140C9C4F(a)microsoft.com...
> > > Hi, can anyone tell me why, for no obvious reason, the veritical, flashing
> > > bar that indicates the where you are in the document becomes half its
> > size?
> > > I've tried rebooting, but the full size line doesn't return - then, just,
> > as
> > > mysteriously, it comes back full size. There's no particular document this
> > > happens it - any seem vulnerable to it. Any suggestions for how I can fix
> > it?
> > > Thanks, chrissyd.
> >
> >
> >