What's the cursor that looks like a compass?
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From: christophercbrewster via OfficeKB.com on 30 Mar 2010 14:42 The Escape key is what I'd expect to work, but it didn't get rid of the scrolling cursor. I even resorted to rebooting to get rid of it. Is there any other way to get rid of it? Herb Tyson [MVP] wrote: >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. > >> Possibly this is the AutoScroll function usually triggered by clicking the >> scroll wheel on your mouse. In a long document, if you trigger the >[quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >>> 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 15:24 Does clicking the mouse wheel toggle it off? -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word Bible Blog: http://word.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "christophercbrewster via OfficeKB.com" <u3143(a)uwe> wrote in message news:a5cb302abe523(a)uwe... > The Escape key is what I'd expect to work, but it didn't get rid of the > scrolling cursor. I even resorted to rebooting to get rid of it. Is there > any > other way to get rid of it? > > Herb Tyson [MVP] wrote: >>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. >> >>> Possibly this is the AutoScroll function usually triggered by clicking >>> the >>> scroll wheel on your mouse. In a long document, if you trigger the >>[quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >>>> 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 15:28 Terry -- Horizontal scrolling is enabled--and it works in other contexts. But, when I toggle AutoScroll, I still see only the vertical arrows. I just verified this on two different computers. -- 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:usXi8oC0KHA.3264(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > 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 >>>>
From: christophercbrewster via OfficeKB.com on 30 Mar 2010 15:36 Clicking the mouse wheel gets rid of the two-pointed version (which I also got by clicking the mouse wheel). I hope it works when the four-pointed kind appears again. Thanks to all who clued me in about this. Herb Tyson [MVP] wrote: >Does clicking the mouse wheel toggle it off? > >> The Escape key is what I'd expect to work, but it didn't get rid of the >> scrolling cursor. I even resorted to rebooting to get rid of it. Is there >[quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >>>>> 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 15:53 It turns out that I can get the 4-pointed cursor, too... but not in Word. It does show up in Excel (where it's of more use), but wouldn't be very useful for me in Word, since I typically don't have Word documents that are that wide. I'm now wondering just what circumstance one would need for it to work in a Word document. Creating a very wide document didn't do it. In any case, I'm glad you have a way out--but I'm surprised that Escape doesn't do it. I also find that pressing any key--backspace, space, Ctrl, Shift, a letter, Enter, etc.--also turns off AutoScroll here. So does clicking any of the other mouse buttons. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word Bible Blog: http://word.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "christophercbrewster via OfficeKB.com" <u3143(a)uwe> wrote in message news:a5cba775a1569(a)uwe... > Clicking the mouse wheel gets rid of the two-pointed version (which I also > got by clicking the mouse wheel). I hope it works when the four-pointed > kind > appears again. Thanks to all who clued me in about this. > > Herb Tyson [MVP] wrote: >>Does clicking the mouse wheel toggle it off? >> >>> The Escape key is what I'd expect to work, but it didn't get rid of the >>> scrolling cursor. I even resorted to rebooting to get rid of it. Is >>> there >>[quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >>>>>> 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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