I appreciate the suggestions, but still haven't resolved the issue. It's on a downloaded CS2 upgrade - will try reinstalling.

Thanks much,
Cindy


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Cindy Shaw


---- Linda Feltner <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I'll do that, Gail. I hit all sorts of keys, but nothing comes up as a
> pop up window to tell me so.....
> I'll check it out. I'm sure it's something simple.. (tongue firmly
> planted in cheek)
> thanks,
> Linda
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> On Sep 7, 2006, at 6:51 AM, Gail W. Guth wrote:
>
> > Have you checked your settings in Preferences, under Displays &
> > Cursors? Maybe somehow you are changing preferences...I know
> > sometimes as I work, if I inadvertently hit a key (I haven't figured
> > out which one) the Preferences dialog pops up...
> >
> > Gail
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sep 7, 2006, at 9:02 AM, Linda Feltner wrote:
> >
> >> I, too thought it must be a simple answer to something that kept
> >> changing even though I couldn't detect when I changed it.
> >> My pencil/brush cursor changed from a circle, which matched the
> >> size of
> >> the brush I was using, to crosshairs that I couldn't see on s
> >> creen. In
> >> Help, I read that if you use the eyedropper tool on some color, any
> >> color, it would change the pencil/brushes from the crosshairs  back to
> >> the circle that I COULD see. Apparently it works, but I still don't
> >> know how I manage to turn it to crosshairs.
> >> (Maybe it was the Caps Lock???, Andrew?)
> >> Don't know if that helps,
> >> Linda
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> >> Linda M. Feltner Studio, LLC.
> >> P.O. Box 325
> >> Hereford, AZ 85615
> >> (520) 803-0538
> >> www.lindafeltner.com
> >> On Sep 6, 2006, at 8:26 PM, Cindy Shaw wrote:
> >>
> >>> Howdy all, I just have a silly little Photoshop question.
> >>>
> >>> When I use the line tool, the cursor disappears altogether, and it is
> >>> starting to drive me batty. Fiddling with the cursor preferences has
> >>> no effect. No problem with the rest of the tools.
> >>>
> >>> Any suggestions?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Cindy
> >>>
> >