Can I make the Insertion Point more visible, Color it perhaps ?

[Guest]

When I have typed many pages, and have gone backwards and forwards, cut,
pasted cut again etc. I sometimes lose track of where I left the Insertion
Point. I do not want to move it from where I left it, because where I left it
is where I wish to be !.

There is of course no problem with the mouse cursor, hit the Control key and
a circle explodes over the Mouse arrow.

But whenever typing text in Outlook, or Word etc that single pulsating thin
black line loves hiding away amongst the many words and once you start
scrolling up and down it is like looking for the proverbial needle in the
Haystack.

PS. No A New Pair of Glasses has not helped either.......................

My only answer has been to Home to the beginning of the line and scroll
looking at the left hand 1st column position but surely there is a better
answer than that ?.
Is there a short cut (two key) locator or an add on program.
lIKE THE cAPS oN aNNOUNCER I have which instantly alerts me to my clumsy
finger press and says pleasantly"Caps On !" and even delays its effectiveness
to avoid the problem altogether !.

From Hairy Mc David

 

[Terry Farrell]

Word remember the last 3 edit points, just use the GoBack command
(Shift+F5).

Alternatively, press Spacebar once: Word will jump to the insertion point
plus the new space. Just backspace to remove the new space.

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

another option, maybe or maybe not any better--hold down shift and press
an arrow key (try up or down). This is actually a way of selecting
text, but the effect will be to highlight in color everything between
the insertion point and the new cursor position. However, be careful
with this--since the color is selected text, it will be easy to
accidentally delete it.

On my Mac, doing this also jumped Word to the right screen.

You should post a Suggestion as feedback to MS--others have asked for a
more visible IP.