Quote Originally Posted by vhailor27 View Post
2. Sometimes the icon of a tool I've selected disappears and it's replaced by a small cross. It's frustrating trying to erase something when you don't see the size of the brush.
Is it a shortcut I press that does that or something else?
Check your caps lock. Shift won't replace your brush/eraser/whatever with a cross hair, but caps lock will. Let us know if that works.