Cursor Problems

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Yesterday I made an appearance change to WinXP, simply to 'show drop shadows'
behind icons and icon text. Well, a few other options mysteriously changed
when I applied this one, but I've been able to fix them easily. My problem
now is that in Word 2003 (and I'm not sure about other applications), the
"I-Beam" cursor has been replaced with a tiny blinking line about
half-the-height of the text. Under Control Panel/Mouse/Pointer Options I
have the I-Beam selected, but that's not what shows up on the page. Is there
another selection I need to make?

By the way, on a quasi-related note, F1 Help in Word does not address this.
Evidently Office 2003 goes right to the Web, and putting 'cursor' in the box
brings up a myriad of totally unrelated tips.