The VBA statement "Screen.MousePointer = 1" will change the mousepointer to an arrow regardless of the type of control being pointed to. It will stay that way until you change it again, even if you close the form. Use "Screen.MousePointer = 0" to reset to the Access default pointer.
If you only want to do this on a particular form and not on others, do it (=1) in the form's Activate event and undo it (=0) in the Deactivate event.
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