MAC Excel 2011 cursor issues

I am using Mac Office Excel v. 2011.  Since upgrading to LION I opening Excel the cursor shows as a square box with small arrow points on the upper left and lower right corners.  A left or right mouse click will not return the cursor to a plus sign and the last cell that as highlighted is frozen. 
Resaving into different file type or closing and reopening has not chaged the situation.   Any suggestions on how to return the square box cursor back to a plus sign cursor?
Thanks, Mikey

I had the same problem. Here's what I did to fix it:
1. Opened a new worksheet in the offending workbook.
2. Click in any cell and add something (doesn't mater what.)
3. Go back to the original worksheet.
4. Double click while hovering over the select all corner icon (at the top left of the worksheet - it's a box with a triangle in it)
5. Poof! Cursor back to normal!
Hope this helped.
BK

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