M/soft Word changed cursor.

[Viper01]

Hi all.
Today, when I started Word, a message came up "Installing....." which has never happened before,
Word seems OK, except it has changed the size of the blinking cursor on the page to about 1/2 size.
I have tried to look for a place to alter it back but cannot find any.
Can anyone please point me in the right direction.
Many thanks   

[soybean]

What version of Word?  Is the font size the same as before the change in size of the cursor? 

Have made many changes to Word's default settings?  Added any custom buttons to it's menu toolbars?  Do you use any macros with Word? 

[Viper01]

Hi soybean,
Sorry, should have added that info.
Word 2003.
Font size, and all else, is exactly the same, Just the cursor size is smaller.
I have made no changes to Word, but the other day when started a screen came up "Intalling...." only for a second and was gone. So I have no idea what was installed. There were no CD's in the drive and the modem light did not flash.
All I can think of is that it was some sort of upgrade from M/soft that downloaded earlier.
The only macros I use with Word are the default ones.
Computer is Intel Core 2 Duo with 750Gb h/d, 3 Gb RAM.
If you can help.... thanks

[Viper01]

Hi Soybean + others,

This is wierd. It has now returned to it's normal size with no outside help.
I have no idea what happened. 
For 2 days it was 1/2 size, this morning when started it was back to normal again.
Beats me,   

thanks for all your help.
Cheers   

[soybean]

Follow the procedure at http://www.elamb.org/howto/normal-dot.htm for finding, renaming, and creating a new normal.dot file for Word. 

[soybean]

Well, strange things do happen ....      Now, you can ignore my last post.  However, I suggest you visit the link and read it anyway.  Knowing about the normal.dot file is a good thing for Word users.  The procedure there can be used resolve weird problems with Word.