I have a symbol on my screen I don't know how to get rid of. Help!

[hardmary]

I have a symbol on my screen that I don't know and can't get rid of. Every
time it comes up my only recourse is to close the workbook without saving and
bring it up again. Which means I have to reinput everything I lost.
The symbol is a large inverted black triangle surrounded by a white circle.

Can anyone help me? I know it's simple and I'm being stupid, but it's still
a major pain.

 

[Gary''s Student]

Is the symbol in a cell?

 

[Sheeloo]

Is it to the left of the cell? Have you tried clicking the inverted triangle?
Inverted traingle usually indicates an error or warning... You can simply
ignore it...

Pl. send the file to (e-mail address removed) where you see such an error (you
can save the file to a new name when you get the error and send to me)

 

[hardmary]

Is the symbol in a cell?

No it's a large symbol and doesn't seem to be associated with a cell. At the
time I've been setting up a data validation form for a multi-choice answers
to a table column. In this case,it was chosing an age group of
(35-44,45-54,etc) in an age group column. But I have that set up the way I
want it, and then later this symbol comes up. It just appears .

 

[hardmary]

Thanks for your post. If it continues I'll send the file to you.

 

[Bill Sharpe]

I have a symbol on my screen that I don't know and can't get rid of. Every
time it comes up my only recourse is to close the workbook without saving and
bring it up again. Which means I have to reinput everything I lost.
The symbol is a large inverted black triangle surrounded by a white circle.

Can anyone help me? I know it's simple and I'm being stupid, but it's still
a major pain.

If you have a scroll wheel on your mouse, put the cursor over the symbol
and press down/release the wheel. Does the figure disappear?

Bill

 

[hardmary]

I'll have to wait till the next time it comes up. I finally right clicked it
and chose cut. If it happens again I'll try your suggestion. Tx.