[mso] Re: Word 2007 Cursor Blinks

Hi Guys,
 
I thought I'd update the folks on the list on my problem, which has been  
corrected, in case anyone else has the problem and would like to know at least  
one thing to try to correct it.
 
It seems that my local printer somehow was involved (printer driver got  
corrupted???). I deleted the printer, rebooted, reinstalled the printer, made 
it  
the default and restarted Word. The annoying blinking cursor pointer is no  
more.
 
It seems that the blinking was caused by a looping repagination in Word.  
While I don't understand the relationship between repagination and the printer  
driver (because I hadn't tried to print), I'm happy that the problem has been  
resolved.
 
Larry
 
Original note: ---------------------------------------
 
> Hi guys,
>  
> I have Word 2007 on a Vista machine.  
>  
> Yesterday, I was copying and pasting some recipes from  the web and 
inserting into a word document. For some reason, there after the  cursor 
starting 
blinking (not the insertion point which always blinks).  
>  
> The blinking cursor shows either the I-beam alternating  with the CPU busy 
icon (a small spinning torus) or the cursor arrow alternating  with the CPU 
busy icon ... depending upon whether the cursor is within the  margins of the 
text, outside of the margins or in the menu area. It cycles about  once a 
second. 
>  
> I thought it might be because one of the  images that got pasted-in was one 
of those animated GIFS. I deleted all of the  images with no change in 
behavior.
>  
> Now the blinking  cursor is present whether I open an existing document or 
just start Word with a  blank document. 
>  
> Microsoft KB941085 lists a couple of  reasons for a blinking cursor, none 
of which applies to my  situation.
>  
> I tried renaming normal.dotm ... same  results.
>  
> It is really annoying and distracting. Does  anyone have any suggestions I 
might try?
>   
> ,,,,,,,  Larry
> Ô¿Ô¬ 
>  
> P.S., I also rebooted, ran a virus  scan, SpyBot S&D, and Ad-Aware, etc. 
... still no joy in  Mudville.




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