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Dave_P-939
Copper Contributor
Mar 01, 2024

My Cursor appears as a white cross

White cross cursor driving me crazy - cannot seem to get rid of it and edit cells, etc. Outside of the Excel sheet my normal arrow cursor works just fine. Back onto a workbook sheet and the white square cross appears and I am unable to function and edit cells, etc (quite unsure what this icon is and why it appeared suddenly. Have tried Googling - nothing that I understand but it looks like LOTS AND LOTS of users have the same problem with no helpful suggestions that seem to work.

Used to work just fine until that darned cross appeared effectively blocking my ability to use the Excel.  

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    rachel
    Iron Contributor

    Dave_P-939 

    Do you happen to have Find box, or other kinds of prompt open in a minimised window, or in another workbook, and you forget to close it?

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    • Dave_P-939's avatar
      Dave_P-939
      Copper Contributor
      Hi Rachel; Thanks for the reply. I don't see anything else open. I was able to get around the situation by double clicking on a cell and was able to enter my info. I'm still stuck with the white cross though:(
      • rachel's avatar
        rachel
        Iron Contributor
        Great job solving the issue by yourself!
        To get to the bottom of this, do you still recall the last time you see everything is "normal" in excel, and what changed between then and now?

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