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
    2022-09-23T08:05:29+00:00

    Same problem here. Cursor turns white when hovering over lettes and that delays me very much in my work because you cannot see with clarity where exactly it is. It turns black as it sould after a few seconds but its too frustrating and time wasting. Because i lose these few seconds every few seconds.

    I am facing the same problem, and have spent 10 hours.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-09-23T05:51:30+00:00

    Same problem here. Cursor turns white when hovering over lettes and that delays me very much in my work because you cannot see with clarity where exactly it is. It turns black as it sould after a few seconds but its too frustrating and time wasting. Because i lose these few seconds every few seconds.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-09-20T10:07:17+00:00

    I faced the same problem, with no answers after a bunch of research. It's very frustrating.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-09-19T14:44:01+00:00

    I am having the same issues. This happened all on a sudden. Only when I am using MS Word, the cursor is no where to be found in the page as it is white.

    Researched through internet and tried all the fixes recommended. But still the problem persists. Don't know if this the problem with MS Word only.

    That was exactly my problem, and it's still there with no Microsoft support. It's like they are trying to pretend this doesn't exist so they won't need to put in the work to fix it. This only happens in Word.

    I switched the type of cursor and it solved 90% of the issues. The cursor looks different now, but it still gets stuck and turns white (like it's supposed to when you scroll) and stubbornly stays that way for longer than it's supposed to. At least now it's not permanent until I exit Word, but it's still an issue which interferes with my work.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-09-19T05:20:22+00:00

    I am having the same issues. This happened all on a sudden. Only when I am using MS Word, the cursor is no where to be found in the page as it is white.

    Researched through internet and tried all the fixes recommended. But still the problem persists. Don't know if this the problem with MS Word only.

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