Use the Workbook_Open event procedure to set the cursor as desired.
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Hi,

I want a arrownorthwest cursor for my workbook all the time.
when i open the workbook, there is a macro that's run by a button (the
sheet is locked, so nothing else can be done there). In that macro I
have change the cursor ober to sandclock when data is being calculated
and later back to the arrow. So it stays arrow. That's the way I want
it. But when the file is first opened, it has its default settings. How
can I change them, so that right in the beginning theres the arrow
cursor.

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