Cursor becomes a cross on mouseover?

[Brainless_in_Boston]

I copied a URL into an Excel worksheet. I'm networked, using a Dell D410,
2003 Excel and XP pro. I've never seen this before. I checked the hyperlink
help stuff, and the only ref I find is "To select a cell that contains a
HYPERLINK, click the cell and hold the mouse button until the cursor becomes
a cross, then release the mouse button" - gee, that's swell and really
terrific, but the cursor becomes a cross on mouseover, and I can't figure out
why.

I'd like this cross to go away!! (we don't need no stinking crosses)

Any comments or suggestions? Please help me with this, it's driving me nuts!!

Thanks so much.

Mark
aka Brainless in Boston

 

[Brainless_in_Boston]

I guess I'm being exceptionally brain dead today. Seems in excel, the cross
is the normal cursor - at least it is in a co-workers Excel...

sorry! hope I didn't waste too much of your time.

(truly)
Brainless in Boston

 

[CLR]

It could be that you have an invisible Drawing Object located in that cell
where the cursor becomes a cross on mouseover. Try Left-click on the cell
(while the cursor shows cross) and look in the Name Box to see if it says
something like "Rectangle 1", or something like that.......if so, to
eliminate it just Richt-click on the cell while the cross is showing, and do
CUT

hth
Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3

 

[SteveW]

I guess I'm being exceptionally brain dead today. Seems in excel, the cross
is the normal cursor - at least it is in a co-workers Excel...

sorry! hope I didn't waste too much of your time.

(truly)
Brainless in Boston

White red-cross style cross or thin black cross ?

 

[CLR]

The "white red-cross style cross" is the Excel standard, when it turns to
the "thin black cross" is when you can right-click and Cut.....

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3