Why does the blinking I-beam cursor keep disappearing when editing text inside tables in Word 2011?

Anonymous
2015-01-26T19:47:56+00:00

Currently in Word 2011 14.4.7 on OS X 10.10.1 (but the problem has existed forever).

Whenever I edit a Word document containing tables with text in the table cells, once the blinking I-beam cursor is inside table cells, it tends to stop blinking and disappear altogether for entire seconds on end. This makes it very difficult to keep track of where one's cursor actually is. 

Why does this keep happening?

Same thing in text boxes and other "text within a frame" contexts.

Pierre Igot

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  1. Jim G 134.1K Reputation points MVP
    2015-08-18T15:28:06+00:00

    One step forward, two steps back…

    More like a thousand steps back IMHO.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-12-14T09:15:45+00:00

    Currently in Word 2011 14.4.7 on OS X 10.10.1 (but the problem has existed forever).

    Whenever I edit a Word document containing tables with text in the table cells, once the blinking I-beam cursor is inside table cells, it tends to stop blinking and disappear altogether for entire seconds on end. This makes it very difficult to keep track of where one's cursor actually is. 

    Why does this keep happening?

    Same thing in text boxes and other "text within a frame" contexts.

    Pierre Igot

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    BETALOGUE - Weblog at http://www.betalogue.com | @betalogue

    • It seems to help, if you change the Office theme from 'white' to 'grey'.

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