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My cursor Disappears!!

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Antuancita

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HI:
Can someone help me?
My cursor is disappearing when I'm typing in Word, and also in Excel. Any ideas? I have A MacBook and i´m using Word taken from my old G3. My operation system is MAC OS 10.4.6
Thanks,

Antoine
 
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Does it come back when you move the mouse? This happens to me sometimes.
 
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Antuancita said:
HI:
Can someone help me?
My cursor is disappearing when I'm typing in Word, and also in Excel. Any ideas? I have A MacBook and i´m using Word taken from my old G3. My operation system is MAC OS 10.4.6
Thanks,

Antoine
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I think it's supposed to do that, certainly in Word, or let me put it another way - I'm still a Windows user and it happens on the 3 PCs I've just tried it on. Not sure about Excel though as on my machines - the cursor always remains.

Dave

PS: I think the cursor is supposed to 'vanish' so that its not in the way when your typing something.
 
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RNDdave said:
PS: I think the cursor is supposed to 'vanish' so that its not in the way when your typing something.
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You are correct. The cursor is supposed to disappear while you are typing. It should reappear as soon as you move the mouse.
 
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yes i just tried it on my computer and it is supposed to dissapear. No worries.
 
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Hi !! Me again....
Maybe i didnt explained it correctly.
The problem i have is that the arrow disappears or freezes in the screen an time, in Word, in excel, playing backgammon etc....
This is disturbing of course and makes me nervous..... Has someone had the same problem and solve it? Thanks !!!
 
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I lose my cursor all the time, especially in net browsers. Annoying...but I just live with it.
 

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