Excel cursor shows as thick white "+" sign all of the time

[Kalbrecht]

How do I switch the cursor back to the arrow? What would cause my cursor to only show as a thick white "+" sign - I am not able to drag & drop etc.

Do I have a corrupt file somewhere and need to reload something?

Thanks for your help.

 

[Sbirro Cornuto]

Try clicking the right mouse button on the Sheet...

 

[Kalbrecht]

And then what?

Thanks - but that doesn't do anything but take me into formatting, etc.

 

[Sbirro Cornuto]

If the Arrow doesn't show above the Formating etc. box there is something wrong with your application. Have you tried turning it down and opening it again?

 

[Mark O'Brien]

That cursor is the Excel cursor. It's not a bug or a fault in the program. It's what Microsoft says everyone should use as the cursor.

What are you trying to drag and drop? Cells?
Go to Tools|Options|Edit TAB and make sure that "Allow cell drag and drop" is selected.

_________________<font color = green> Mark O'Brien
This message was edited by Mark O'Brien on 2002-03-21 08:17

 

[Kalbrecht]

The arrow does show above the dialog box, however when I get out of the dialog box back onto the sheet - the cursor returns as a thick white "+" sign.

My question is - how can I determine if something is wrong with my application or if there is a setting that I need to reset?

 

[Kalbrecht]

On 2002-03-21 08:15, Mark O'Brien wrote:
That cursor is the Excel cursor. It's not a bug or a fault in the program. It's what Microsoft says everyone should use as the cursor.

Thanks Mark - but it's still not allowing me to drag and drop, etc. I haven't seent this in the past few years that I've been using Excel

I do have a few add-ins installed - could those have corrupted something?

I did try take the add-ins down and restart Excel but I still end up with the same cursor.

Thanks again

 

[Kalbrecht]

On 2002-03-21 08:15, Mark O'Brien wrote:
That cursor is the Excel cursor. It's not a bug or a fault in the program. It's what Microsoft says everyone should use as the cursor.

What are you trying to drag and drop? Cells?
Go to Tools|Options|Edit TAB and make sure that "Allow cell drag and drop" is selected.

_________________<font color = green> Mark O'Brien
This message was edited by Mark O'Brien on 2002-03-21 08:17

Thanks Mark - I reread your message. It worked. I appreciate it.

 

[Mark O'Brien]

No problem. I forgot to tell you about cell drag and drop. That what I editted in the message.

 

[Sbirro Cornuto]

The cursor is suppose to be like that when hovering over the Sheet. If it doesn't change at all, you know, when not over the Sheet, then there's something wrong...