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re: Pointer blinks in Office file menus
Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 7:05 am
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Posted by Deb (1434 messages posted)


Make sure you have all the updates for Office, then see if you still have a problem.






On Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 6:55 am, Jill Wind wrote:
>When I open the file menus via the Office programs (Word, Excel, etc.) the pointer
>arrow rapidly blinks in alternatating sequence with the hourglass icon. It's very
>hard to read and focus on navigating the menus with this going on. I use the Documents
>in the start menu now to open docs b/c the pointer in there doesn't blink, but to
>"save as" I still have to go through the program menu. Can I make this STOP?? I
>don't normally get migraines, but this blinking makes me think I could develop them.
> I guess a Windows-caused seizure condition might be a way to access a bit of Gates'
>fortune, but I'd rather just peacefully access my files. Anyone out there know
>how to make this stop?



Written in response to:
Pointer blinks in Office file menus (Jill Wind: Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 6:55 am)

Responses to this message:
*re: Pointer blinks in Office file menus (Jill Wind: Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 7:17 am)

All messages in this thread [show all]
-Pointer blinks in Office file menus (Jill Wind: Thu, Jan 15, 2009, 6:55 am)
-re: Pointer blinks in Office file menus (Deb: Thu, Jan 15, 2009, 7:05 am)
-re: Pointer blinks in Office file menus (Jill Wind: Thu, Jan 15, 2009, 7:17 am)
*re: Pointer blinks in Office file menus (Deb: Thu, Jan 15, 2009, 7:25 am)
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