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Re: Crosshair is missing when I try to click & drag a cell

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Subject: Re: Crosshair is missing when I try to click & drag a cell
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by: Rick O'Gorman - Wed, 26 Oct 2022 15:49 UTC

On Monday, September 21, 2009 at 4:18:03 PM UTC+1, maureen wrote:
> All of the sudden the black crosshair went away in Excel. I still get the
> white cross, but when I hover in the bottom right corner to click and drag
> the cell down, it doesn't show up anymore. I can't highlight a section and
> move it either.
> Does anyone know how to get this feature back?
> Thanks for your help!

The most likely issues is you need to change the zoom. The black cross then will appear. I was at 120%, changed to 110% and the cross appeared for two columns, but not two others. I then zoomed to 100% and it worked for the others. See https://superuser.com/questions/1481984/dragging-the-fill-handle-in-microsoft-excel-white-gloved-hand-shows-up-instead-o

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Re: Crosshair is missing when I try to click & drag a cell	Rick O'Gorman