WordArt: Pressing SHIFT+INS Turns Pointer into Hourglass

ID: Q77009

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft WordArt version 1.0

SYMPTOMS

If you press SHIFT+INS in the WordArt edit box when no object is in the Clipboard, the mouse pointer will turn into an hourglass and remain that way until the mouse is moved. The computer will not be hung, this is simply a cursor redraw problem.

CAUSE

This effect is a problem with Windows 3.0, not WordArt. Any dialog box that contains a multiline text field will exhibit the same effect. (This includes the entire application space of Windows Notepad.) The same effect will be noticed if the Clipboard contains only non-text information.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

1. In Publisher, use the WordArt tool to create a WordArt frame.

2. Capture the entire screen to the Clipboard by pressing

   ALT+PRINT SCREEN.

3. Attempt to paste into the WordArt editor text field by pressing

   SHIFT+INS.

4. The mouse pointer will turn to an hourglass and will stay that way

   until the mouse is moved.

WordArt is the font effects package bundled with Microsoft Publisher.

Additional query words: 1.00 ole

Keywords          : kbole kbtool kbdta
Version           : windows:1.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: March 26, 1998