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    ISSUE 21.43 • 2024-10-21

    WINDOWS 11

    Mary Branscombe

    By Mary Branscombe

    Find your mouse pointer, customize your keyboard layout, and shift your focus between multiple computers.

    As screens get bigger and interfaces get busier, spotting your mouse pointer on the screen has gotten trickier. Instead of waggling your mouse or cranking up the cursor size so that it hides what you’re trying to click on when you do find it, you could turn on what used to be called “mouse sonar.” From Windows XP on, there’s been an option in the control panel to show a highlighted ring around the mouse pointer when you press and hold the Ctrl key, just like a target in a submarine’s periscope.

    These days, that feature is actually part of the first PowerToy I’ll discuss, but it now comes with several other helpful options.

    Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.43.0, 2024-10-21).
    This story also appears in our public Newsletter.

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