cross-hair switches back to I-beam?

[Marvin P. Winterbottom]

In Word 2000, when I pick the line tool, the pointer turns into a cross-hair,
,like it's supposed to, for about a second, then it reverts back to the
I-beam for entering text.
Anyone know what's going on here? the OS is XP Pro.

 

[CyberTaz]

Does it still let you draw a line? Word/Windows can be a little erratic with
regard to cursor appearance.

Good Luck |:>)

 

[Marvin P. Winterbottom]

solution!!
something running in the background that checks documents for bad things.
turning it off fixes problem

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You're talking about antivirus software? If it's Norton AntiVirus, disabling
the Office Plug-in solves many Word problems.