Square box around pointer

All of a sudden, a square box of 3 by 4 inches appeared around the pointer.
At the moment it occurred I was in 'Keyboard Shortcuts' of 'Keyboard and Mouse' in Preferences, where I must have touched something.
Any suggestions as to how to free my pointer?

Steven --
Try this:
In System preferences, go to Universal Access.
Open Zoom and click on the Options button.
Make sure that the "Show preview rectangle when zoomed out" box is not checked.

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