I can’t find my cursor in Word documents anymore. It’s annoying me. Any ideas where to look? It is still showing in other programs.
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97 – Cursor Disappeared
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AskWoody LoungerMarch 7, 2001 at 6:38 pm #353631Viewing 1 reply threadAuthorReplies-
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AskWoody LoungerMarch 14, 2001 at 2:21 pm #518740I have seen this happen. If you will go to the Control Panel, then Keyboard, you will probably find that your cursor blink rate is all the way to the right (as FAST as it can be). Drag the slider bar to place it around the center. Even though this may not seem to affect other programs, it can make the insertion point blink so fast that it is invisible in Word! But it may happen again and you will have to repeat this “fix”.
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