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I'm using Word 2010 under Windows 7, and when I browse through a document using the arrow keys, the Cursor in Word disappears. This is very annoying, because you do not see anymore where you are in the document.
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Only when releasing the arrow keys, and wait for a while, the cursor appears again.I'm not the only one at my office experiencing this problem, there are more colleagues with the same issue.
Note that I'm, not talking about the mouse cursor, so this has nothing to do with mouse drivers and options like: 'Hide pointer while typing' within the Mouse Properties.
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I spent the afternoon talking to a microsoft representative who looked at this problem within the document I was having this problem with. He diagnosed the following problem:
'This happens only with this document and its a document specific issue'
A problem was caused by the document having a change in 'the word spacing options etc.'
This can be caused when retained formatting from an outside source is copied into the existing document whose spacing options are different from those in the original document.
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Therefore the solution was:
Copy the entire document into a new, freshly opened, blank document, leaving behind ALL the formatting. DO NOT transfer any of the old formatting to the new document.
After the 'text only' is copied into the fresh document the cursor resumes its proper functioning and can always be seen as it should be when using the arrow keys.
Then manually reformat your document the way you want it to be formatted. (Font type, font size, tabs, italics, line spacing, etc...)
Any new text you copy and paste into your document, make sure you paste it as text only without its outside formatting or you run the risk of recorrupting your document and losing your cursor again.
This is the only way to get your cursor back.
For me it was worth it to do, as I am working with the same 300 page document for several hours per day for several months of the year.
I found that the problem with a disappearing cursor (the vertical cursor line that blinks) was completely resolved when I highlighted the ENTIRE document and changed the language to English USA.
There must have been some remnants of other language code in my document left over from previous saves or previous versions of Word. To do this, highlight EVERYTHING in the document(don't leave something out!) Next go to the Review tab on the editing ribbon on the top of the page. Click on the language button (you should get a drop down list) and make sure you reclick on 'English USA'.
Same problem. after reading a few things here and there, it seemed to be a issue somewhere in some of the formatting. One suggestion was to copy all text, paste AS TEXT into new document, then manually format document. Ugh.
This prompted me to try just saving the document as the older Word 97-2003 (.doc) format then reopen and re-save as current 2010 (.docx). THIS WORKED (for me). Good luck!
I agree with the other posters that it seems to be a glitch, but converting the document to .doc didn't fix it and re-setting the default spelling language didn't work either.
So very likely the solution I found isn't generic but in case it helps other.
To remove the cursor problem I switched off the smart cursoring option (in File->Options->Advanced) and switched it back on again.
GO to Language, Language Preferences, Advanced and make certain the Use Smart Cursor is unchecked. THis fixed it immediately for me.
You can change the zoom to 500% and then back to you default zoom : it's not a permanent fix but it doesn't take long too do it.
You can also switch to another view (print or webpage or draft) and then back to the view you used.
Have you a printer installed on your machine.
According to this post: http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Office_Productivity/Office_Suites/MS_Office/Word/Q_23719974.html it was a default printer driver that was causing the issue.
Try changing your default printer, if this works then you know it is your printer driver. Possibly look for an updated version of the driver.
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In my case it was a Content Control in the page header that was causing the problem. (I figured this out by using the suggestion from BillSw to save the file in .doc format (which removed all Content Controls).
I deleted the content control (which had been added by the particular template that I had chosen) and the cursor problem was fixed. (Right-click in the content control and select 'Remove Content Control'. THe text it contains will be preserved.)
(It's amazing how annoying little problems like this can really get under your skin, isn't it?)
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'Draft' view does what you want. Who can explain why 'Print Layout' fails here? It's not due to a slow computer.
How to change the default view to Draft view in Word . . . https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/919599/how-to-change-the-default-view-to-draft-view-in-word
To change the default view to Draft view when a Word 2010 or later version document is opened, follow these steps:
File / Options / Advanced / General - [check] Allow opening a document in Draft view / OK
Open your document / View tab / Select 'Draft'
Make one change in the document / Save the file
Understanding Views . . . https://wordribbon.tips.net/T008142_Understanding_Views.html
Print Layout view is the one most closely related to what your document will look like when you actually print it. This viewing mode, which is the one you will probably use most of the time, allows you to see your headers and footers in place, what your margins look like, how your text boxes appear in relation to text, and what your graphics look like in your document. This is the viewing mode you should use if you want to always see what your document will look like.
Draft view can be considered a 'pared down' version of the Print Layout view. It allows you to generally see how your text will appear on paper. This means you can see what each line will look like, how the text appears, and where the lines will break. You can also see where each page will break. This view is helpful if you are using an older, slower computer that can't display the Print Layout view particularly quickly. (Print Layout view requires more computing overhead to display information.)
I have a fast computer, so, there is some other explanation:
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Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
Intel Core i7 6700 @ 3.40GHz
Skylake 14nm Technology
16.0GB Dual-Channel Unknown @ 1064MHz (15-15-15-36)
Motherboard: HP 802F (CPU0)
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 530 (HP)