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Matt - 05 Mar 2008 21:47 GMT
We have an employee that swears that her mouse cursor in excel is almost
always the standard windows pointer and only occasionally when she's doing
special functions does it change over to the large plus symbol. Now mine
(and every other computer in the office) is just the opposite, almost always
the plus symbol with the occasional pointer when I'm doing something
specific.

Well she's complaining to everyone that something is wrong with her excel
and that I need to repair it immediately, because she can't work with the
large plus symbol.  But I can't find any way in the program to change the
pointer styles of the mouse.

Is this even possible to do or (as I personally believe) is she insane and
her excel has always functioned just like every other copy in the office?!
Gord Dibben - 05 Mar 2008 23:28 GMT
Matt

Her description is definitely contrary to Excel default operation.

Have you gone to her desktop and observed the behaviour she is complaining
about?

Or when you are there it works normally?

Gord Dibben  MS Excel MVP

>We have an employee that swears that her mouse cursor in excel is almost
>always the standard windows pointer and only occasionally when she's doing
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>Is this even possible to do or (as I personally believe) is she insane and
>her excel has always functioned just like every other copy in the office?!
Matt - 06 Mar 2008 13:39 GMT
> Matt
>
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>
> Or when you are there it works normally?

Well that's the problem... she says her version has always worked the way
she describes... but all of a sudden it has started working the way mine and
everyone elses works and she wants it swithed back. So there's no way for me
to observe the behavior because it no longer works the way she describes.
bloke - 06 Mar 2008 15:08 GMT
>> Matt
>>
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> there's no way for me to observe the behavior because it no longer
> works the way she describes.

Mate you can only fight stupidity with stupidity with dopey dints like
this. Conjure up a cock and bull story involving excel cogs and pulleys
and the little man turning the wheel is refusing to do her special
cursors anymore. However is she worships the excel totem long enough he
may change his mind.
aglet - 07 Mar 2008 00:17 GMT
>>> Matt
>>>
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> cursors anymore. However is she worships the excel totem long enough he
> may change his mind.

This brought back memories of my years in IT support.  Now I'm going to have
to go back to therapy to suppress them again. ... after I stop laughing.

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