My Cursor Keeps Turning White in Microsoft Word Without Typing

Anonymous
2022-08-15T21:33:58+00:00

My cursor keeps turning white in Microsoft Word 2016 (I bought lifetime access), even without typing. I already tried changing the cursor settings so that it wouldn't disappear when typing, but that didn't do anything. After a few seconds the text selection cursor will turn white, and, if I hover over dark text, I can see the cursor outline. This has been happening in multiple documents, so not an isolated incident.

This started after a Microsoft update which forced me to log back into my Microsoft account to use Word about a week or two ago. I've tried everything I can find on the internet, but no luck yet. It's very hard to get work done if I can't see my cursor in Word, so what do I need to do to fix this issue so I can get back to work?

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-06-04T01:29:48+00:00

    i have the same problem and after a long search i have get the solution

    1- go to run in windows 11 and type MAIN.CPL

    2- Click on 'pointer option' and uncheck "Hide Pointer While Tyipeng"

    3- Click on 'pointers' then in the customize click on Text select

    4- Click on 'browse' and search for beam_r

    5- then Click apply and well done

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-05-15T21:49:22+00:00

    The issue is that it can't be recorded because whenever Microsoft used quick assist on my machine, the pointer was black for them, but white for me.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-05-14T00:21:19+00:00

    Dude! Thanks for this!

    This is still a problem and your solution is still working like a charm.

    May awesomeness be with you forever

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-05-04T04:56:16+00:00

    worked for me, thanks!

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-04-27T20:12:32+00:00

    After an obnoxious amount of hours spent with my own IT department trying to fix it, these are the exact steps that worked. Thank you so much!

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