Is there a way to get alternate MS Word cursors? 2

[davegmail]

I find the normal cursor is hard to see. Another color instead of black, another shape might be very helpful.

Thanks Dave

 

[BlueHorizon]

Hi,
Have you tried the Mouse utility on the Control Panel? This is where a different size and shape can be selected.
HTH,

Best,
Blue Horizon

http://www.bluehorizontraining.com

 

[davegmail]

Yes, but thats not what I mean. I mean something really distinctive, such a color, shape, width, etc. to pinpoint the location w/o the drab cursors in MS Word. I've already gone through that - too limited.

Now, I don't mean frogmen or fish or bees either - something goofy. I mean real workman's cursors with some useful aspects.

Dave

 

[Madawc]

Thanks for the tip, BlueHorizon. I'd never suspected there was any choice about cursors.

Madawc Williams (East Anglia, UK). Using Windows XP & Crystal 10

 

[combo]

If you are not satisfied, create your own cursors.
Step 1:
Draw your own bitmap picture and save. Next convert it to icon, there are plenty of programs that do it. You can also use existing icons.
Step 2:
Cursor file (.cur) has the same structure as icon file (.ico), so icons can be easily converted to cursor by changing the file extension.
Now in the mouse settings you can assign new cursors to windows states and create own cursor schemes.

combo

 

[GlennUK]

Oooh combo, thanks for that. Will be doing some experimenting in that direction for sure.



Cheers, Glenn.

Did you hear about the literalist show-jumper? He broke his nose jumping against the clock.

 

[combo]

Thanks Glenn,
actually, there are slight format differences, but for standard 4 bit colour and 32x32 size icon there should be no problem to rename to proper cursor.

combo