Text cursor disappears while typing an email

JasonD · Joined: 14 Aug 2007 Posts: 1

This is an annoying bug with Outlook 2007. The text cursor disappears as
soon as I start to type in the email editor. I find it distracting to not
see where I am on the screen. It generally comes back once I stop typing.
Sometime instantly, others only after I click in the text with you mouse.

At one point in a proir version of outlook, this was a usability feature and
there was an option to turn it off. But this seems more like a bug.
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Jason D

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Srikanth · Joined: 19 Feb 2008 Posts: 2

Start > control panel > Mouse properties > Pointer options >
Uncheck "hide mouse pointer while typing"

"JasonD" wrote in message @microsoft.com...
> This is an annoying bug with Outlook 2007. The text cursor disappears as
> soon as I start to type in the email editor. I find it distracting to not
> see where I am on the screen. It generally comes back once I stop typing.
> Sometime instantly, others only after I click in the text with you mouse.
>
> At one point in a proir version of outlook, this was a usability feature
> and
> there was an option to turn it off. But this seems more like a bug.
> --
> Jason D

Brian Tillman · Joined: 12 Aug 2007 Posts: 1150

JasonD wrote:

> This is an annoying bug with Outlook 2007. The text cursor
> disappears as soon as I start to type in the email editor. I find it
> distracting to not see where I am on the screen. It generally comes
> back once I stop typing. Sometime instantly, others only after I
> click in the text with you mouse.

It's a mouse driver option. Check the "Pointer Options" tab in the Mouse
Control Panel applet.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Greg Sandow · Joined: 28 Feb 2008 Posts: 1

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

> JasonD wrote:
>
> > This is an annoying bug with Outlook 2007. The text cursor
> > disappears as soon as I start to type in the email editor. I find it
> > distracting to not see where I am on the screen. It generally comes
> > back once I stop typing. Sometime instantly, others only after I
> > click in the text with you mouse.
>
> It's a mouse driver option. Check the "Pointer Options" tab in the Mouse
> Control Panel applet.
> --
> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
>
>

I have this problem, and I'm afraid it's not because of any mouse driver
option. I've had "hide cursor while typing" unchecked during all the time
I've had the problem. So that can't be the cause.

I'm running Outlook 2007 on Windows Vista Ultimate, on a Dell XPS M1520 with
4 gigs of memory. Didn't have this problem when I ran Outlook 2007 on XP.

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