You can enable and disable the Fill Handle feature in Excel settings. If you disable the Fill Handle feature, the white cursor will not change. This is what happens ...

When I was using Excel 2003, I could easily adjust which direction the cursor would move—either to the right or down—after I entered data in a cell. But Office 2007 doesn’t seem to give me a choice.

When I was using Excel 2003, I could easily adjust which direction the cursor would move—either to the right or down—after I entered data in a cell. But Office 2007 doesn’t seem to give me a choice.