Appearance of Pointer Tool in InDesign

I am using InDesign 6.0.4 in Windows XP. When I select the Pointer tool, the toolbox shows a hand overlying a cutting device. When the cursor is not over any object, it looks like the normal select cursor. When over text, like the text cursor, and when over an object in a frame, it shows a hand. Nowhere that I have seen does it show like the cuting device in the toolbox. Is this as it should be?

The official name, at least in English, is the Position Tool, and it's normally hidden behind the Direct Select tool in the Tools Panel. Holding the mouse down on any tool that shows a small triangle in the lower right corner and waiting a few seconds will reveal the hidden tools and allow you to select a new choice.
Some people like the Position Tool becase it allows you to move the frame or the content, and to crop, all without changing tools, but I personally never use it, probably because it is a relatively new new addition tothe program and I learned to use ID before it was available.
Using the term "pointer tool" in ID is very ambiguous. In Addition to the Position Tool, there are the Direct Select and regular Select tools, both of which use an arrow or "pointer" as their cursor. The Select tool is te solid black arrow and is used for manipulating frames and other objects -- moving and sizing -- while the Direct Select tool (white arrow) is used for selecting and manipulating the content in frames or points on path segments, as well as to select a single object from within a group.
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