I did get an answer to this problem from my campus Office of Internet
Technology. I threw away the normal.dat document and restarted Word to create
a new normal.doc. It's totally fine now!

"vbsox" wrote:

> Did anyone get an answer to this? It's happening with my Word 2003, too, and
> it's taking me forever to get my work done. Thank you!
>
> Vicki
>
> "Marc" wrote:
>
> > Did you ever get an answer to this. I am having the same problem. Thanks
> > --
> > Marc
> >
> >
> > "admiral1805" wrote:
> >
> > > The problem occured in Office 2000, changed to 2003 and it is still there.
> > > The corsor (railroad track) is substituted by the hourglass (busy) every 7-8
> > > seconds) If entering characters the entry is interrupted until the hourglass
> > > disappears (approx 1 sec.). The only other place this phenomenon occurs is in
> > > Outlook Express, not as pronounced and does not disturb using the program.
> > > It looks like an electrical interruption or lightning strike. I've checked
> > > the power supply and it seems to be OK, but, I don't really know how to check
> > > it, then again, it does not affect any other program I have. Only Word.
> > > Any help will be greatly appreciated.