a better i-bar?

[jfnbl]

Is there a way to modify the i-bar in Word X so that it's easier to
spot. Can I make bigger, bold, flashing or a different color?

 

[jfnbl]

Yeah, it's the thin bar that blinks slowly, marking your place in the
text. If you use the arrow-keys to move through a large page of small
print on a 23-inch display, the little bugger is too small and moves
too fast to track if you have the eyesight of a 50 year-old. It's like
following a puck on black ice from the cheap seats. Twenty-five years
ago, it was an inelegant green box on a black screen that followed the
c-prompt -- c:\ -- and moved like molasses. You couldn't lose it.

 

[jfnbl]

Yeah, it's the thin bar that blinks slowly, marking your place in the
text. If you use the arrow-keys to move through a large page of small
print on a 23-inch display, the little bugger is too small and moves
too fast to track if you have the eyesight of a 50 year-old. It's like
following a puck on black ice from the cheap seats. Twenty-five years
ago, it was an inelegant green box on a black screen that followed the
c-prompt -- c:\ -- and moved like molasses. You couldn't lose it.

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Hi Whatever your name is:

Try this:
http://trace.wisc.edu/world/computer_access/mac/macshare.html

Yeah, it's the thin bar that blinks slowly, marking your place in the
text. If you use the arrow-keys to move through a large page of small
print on a 23-inch display, the little bugger is too small and moves
too fast to track if you have the eyesight of a 50 year-old. It's like
following a puck on black ice from the cheap seats. Twenty-five years
ago, it was an inelegant green box on a black screen that followed the
c-prompt -- c:\ -- and moved like molasses. You couldn't lose it.

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Technical Writer.
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410

 

[Phillip Jones]

I believe he is referring to the blinking insertion bar or cursor if you
look at it it looks like a blinking | which some people think look like
a capital "I".

For the life of me, I can't figure out what you mean by i-bar?! Chances
are, however, that the answer is 'no' if it's part of the user interface;
but I can't say for sure without knowing what it is.'

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[Elliott Roper]

Yeah, it's the thin bar that blinks slowly, marking your place in the
text. If you use the arrow-keys to move through a large page of small
print on a 23-inch display, the little bugger is too small and moves
too fast to track if you have the eyesight of a 50 year-old. It's like
following a puck on black ice from the cheap seats. Twenty-five years
ago, it was an inelegant green box on a black screen that followed the
c-prompt -- c:\ -- and moved like molasses. You couldn't lose it.

One trick I use when my old eyes fail me is to type
shift-opt-leftarrow. That selects the whole word to the left of the
insertion point position, and of course move the little bugger.
Shift-opt-rightarrow put the little sweetie back where it belongs more
or less, and the page stops shouting at you.

But then, if you don't know where the insertion point is, you are not
concentrating. ;-)

 

[David Wolff]

I believe he is referring to the blinking insertion bar or cursor if you
look at it it looks like a blinking | which some people think look like
a capital "I".

I-beam, yes.

The rate at which it blinks used to be adjustable (faster blink is
easier to find). I can't find anywhere that this is adjustable in OS X
now.

Thanks --

David

(Remove "xx" to reply.)

 

[Clive Huggan]

One trick I use when my old eyes fail me is to type
shift-opt-leftarrow. That selects the whole word to the left of the
insertion point position, and of course move the little bugger.
Shift-opt-rightarrow put the little sweetie back where it belongs more
or less, and the page stops shouting at you.

But then, if you don't know where the insertion point is, you are not
concentrating. ;-)

Thanks [yet again], Elliott!

I frequently fail to concentrate, and with two screens and often five Word
documents open, I sometimes wonder where I am (true about life too, really).

As usual, knew the keyboard shortcut, never joined the dots to realise how
useful it could be. Anyway, it's now in "Bend Word"...

CH
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