Urgent Adobe Photoshop question - can't get on with my work!!!

[CuppaTeaJanice]

Aaaaargggghhhhh!!!!!!

Instead of the cursor, there's a little hand, and it won't let me do anything. I can't use the brushes or pen, or resize, crop, do any adjustments. Nothing.

The only thing it will let me do is shrink the image on the screen with alt+magnifying glass.

What do I do? I've tried closing and opening Photoshop again but nothing's working. I'm hoping someone can help as I've got designs that I need to finish by the end of the day.

Please please please tell me how to get it working again!!!!

Have you hit the CAPS LOCK key? (presumably not, though, as you are typing normally)

One moment...

Thanks Prof, no the caps lock was off.

Just loaded it up again and bizarrely it now works!! Phew!

Blimmin Computers!!!!!

What position are fingers in the little hand showing?

Just kidding... if it happens again check that you are not accidentally pressing the space bar in your keyboard, you may also flip the keyboard and give it a gentle tap in case there is some dust below the space bar.

It was an open hand, like the symbol at the bottom left of the toolbar (on version 7).

Along similar lines, sticky space bar? Try tapping that to see if it helps.

If that doesn't work, shut down Photoshop and check that you don't have an extra copy running in the background (on Windows, Ctrl-Alt-Del to bring up Task Manager, then look at the Processes -- not sure what you do on a Mac)

If that doesn't work, restart your computer.

And if THAT doesn't work, reset your photoshop preferences.

no it wasn't flipping me the bird!!

Oh, Then you are fine, my mac is almost human so... you never know...

Cross-posted with Chandra. Glad you've got it sorted out.

Thanks everyone, hope it will be ok now.