Re: How to enhance caret for visually impaired users

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Graham

Having found the control for setting the blink rate and width of the
"blinking cursor" on my own machine I looked for it in the customer's
notebook. It was there in Control Panel,etc.

However though, in the settings in control the blinker became wider and
much more visible, this was not reflected in documents Word (or email in
MSN premium) using the notebook with the new settings; the blinker remains a
fine feint line.
So not wanting to spend more time on the issue I will just have to leave as
it is.
Thanks very much for your help, nonetheless!
"Uncle John"

<UncleJohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Jezebel,

Yes, it is semantics and in this case the definition is critical. I had
not
realised that the cursor could be described as a caret '^' hence the
confusion. i do not have cursor problems wtih Word.

Here is a definition from Microsoft

"The term caret is used in graphical user interface terminology where it
means a text insertion point indicator, frequently represented by a
blinking
vertical bar. In this context, it may be used interchangeably with the
word
cursor, although the latter term is often reserved for a mouse pointer."

So it seems we are both right and my problem is the visibility of the
blinking "caret"..

john



--
Uncle John


"Jezebel" wrote:

Do you want to solve your problem, or argue semantics from a position of
ignorance? If you refuse to use 'cursor' you won't find the Help topic
you
need.



"Uncle John" <UncleJohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Jezebel,
Caret is not the Cursor it is the insertion point in text an usually
appears
as a blinking feint line to show where the next character TYPED will
appear.
It has nothing to do with the mouse but is linked to the keyboard
--
Uncle John


"Jezebel" wrote:

It's called the 'cursor', not the 'caret'. Check Help for
'accessibility',
and also look at the options under 'Accessibility' in the Control
Panel.




"Uncle John" <UncleJohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have a user who has difficulty in distinguishing the insertion
point
from
the text even in quite large fonts. This is because the caret
remains a
very
fine blinking line.

Is i possible to enhance the caret
--
Uncle John








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