Cursor disappears (only) over the italic texts (on PC)

I have had this same problem for months.  On a Lenovo Yoga laptop, 64 bit version of office, World version 1708. 

Extremely frustrating issue, on top if an already frustrating piece of software.

I found a temporary solution that doesn't fix the problem but definitely makes it more tolerable while we wait for Microsoft to address that it's an issue on their part. 

Prior to needing to need to move the cursor to a specific area in italicized text, just quickly press Ctrl+A to highlight everything in the document. This will at least allow you to be able to see where the cursor is temporarily.

I also have had this issue appear repeatedly over the past few months. I am currently working off a laptop with a second monitor connected. When dragging the microsoft word window to the second monitor i notice the cursor disappears over the italic text, however, when i drag the window back to my laptop monitor, the issue is no longer present. 

My laptop screen resolution is 3840x2160 while the external monitor is 1920x1080. 

I also notice that by restarting all microsoft office programs the issue temporarily disappears. Hopefully this information helps find a solution to this problem which appears to date back to 2013.

edit: typo

The problem seems to be connected to "ClearType" when I turn ClearType of, the problem stops, but the screen text look really coarse. Have you found another fix?

Temp fix:

• Near the bottom right corner of the Word window (I'm running Version 1803 Build 9126.2116), click "Display Settings"
• Select "Optimise for compatibility
• Restart