Jezebel
I am as old as Methusela and I was not arguing from a position of
ignorance,rather trying to resolve a difficulty on an oldies notebook.
There IS a problem because some sources use cursor for the mouse pointer
and call the insertion point the 'caret'. This was the practice in metal
type setting and lino type setting with which I worked in my youth the
insertion point in proof correction was shown as ^ but YOU ARE RIGHT that
more recent Windows sources use cursor for both and that is the word to put
in a search engine
This means that typing in Word, using this syntax, one can have two cursors
on a page together, one a mouse pointer and the other a text insertion
point. Opting to hide the cursor while typing hides the mouse cursor.
Now having resolved this confusion I find that some mouse software allows
the insertion point cursor to be enlarged but other software does not:
unfortunately the latter case applies to the notebook of my elderly friend.
So though I have not solved the thin 'caret' difficulty I thank you for your
help.
John
PS
http://latter-rain.com/eschae/jezebel.htm At first I was afraid you were
misleading me!
