WORD cursor and "Font" selection under "Format"

[grouper34]

the Every so often, I do something that changes the vertical cursor into a
thick horizontal black bar that is hard to work with. I don't know how to
change it back except to restart WORD.

This time, when it happened, I went up to format to make a change to my
font. When I clicked on font under "Format," the choice for "Font"
disappeared right from the pull-down menu and I can't restore it. Since I'm
footnoting a paper, I'm dead in the water. How do I get the choice of "Font"
under "Format" tab?

Help!

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

It sounds like you're using Ctrl+Alt+Hyphen. Using the escape key should cancel the command deletion cursor, if you click on a
command when it's live it will delete menu items.

You may want to look at the article on restoring menu commands on http://word.mvps.org

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the Every so often, I do something that changes the vertical cursor into a
thick horizontal black bar that is hard to work with. I don't know how to
change it back except to restart WORD.

This time, when it happened, I went up to format to make a change to my
font. When I clicked on font under "Format," the choice for "Font"
disappeared right from the pull-down menu and I can't restore it. Since I'm
footnoting a paper, I'm dead in the water. How do I get the choice of "Font"
under "Format" tab?

Help!
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grouper34>>
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Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

 

[grouper34]

Thanks, Bob. Your answer enabled me to solve both the problems I asked about.