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Invisible Cursor in Outlook

ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
edited November 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
And no, I'm not talking about the mouse cursor, I'm talking about the caret. This is Outlook 2007, running on an XP SP3 machine. It just simply doesn't show up in the body of the text. If it matters, the machine is a Lenovo laptop hooked up through a USB port replicator and DVI/VGA adapter to a monitor.

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  • syndalissyndalis Getting Classy On the WallRegistered User, Loves Apple Products, Transition Team regular
    edited October 2009
    Thanatos wrote: »
    And no, I'm not talking about the mouse cursor, I'm talking about the caret. This is Outlook 2007, running on an XP SP3 machine. It just simply doesn't show up in the body of the text. If it matters, the machine is a Lenovo laptop hooked up through a USB port replicator and DVI/VGA adapter to a monitor.

    have you tried quitting and relaunching outlook?

    Have you disconnected and reconnected the monitor?

    Rebooted the computer?

    After these steps, let me know if it is still an issue.

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  • ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    I changed out the monitor entirely (i.e. an entirely new monitor and cable). Still does the same thing.

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  • PirateJonPirateJon Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Do you have that "hide cursor while typing" option on?

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  • ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    PirateJon wrote: »
    Do you have that "hide cursor while typing" option on?
    I'm not seeing this option. Where is it?

    And you'd better not be talking about the option in the mouse section of the control panel when I specifically said that it's not the mouse pointer that I'm talking about, but the caret.

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  • ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    So, after some experimentation, it's the port replicator that's doing it. It happens in Word as well, but not WordPerfect or Internet Explorer. any ideas?

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  • GonmunGonmun He keeps kickin' me in the dickRegistered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Just to clarify, this is only occuring in your Office programs?

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  • ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Gonmun wrote: »
    Just to clarify, this is only occuring in your Office programs?
    Seems to be, yeah.

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  • PirateJonPirateJon Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    I swear there used to be an option in Office 2000/2002 that turned off the caret while you typed, like the mouse cursor option but not it. For the life of me I can't find it though..


    You're not the only one with this issue - text cursor weirdness with a port extender - unless you're posting it all over the internets. Googling the nets seem to think re-creating your normal.dot template might fix this.

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  • ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    You have any idea where I'd find this setting? I've hunted around for it quite a bit, haven't seen it.

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