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kwbcoffice
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Jul 14, 2025
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Cursor keeps on switching from normal to loading

I just updated my Windows OS (it's now 19045.6093) and I'm using Microsoft 365. For one reason or another, my curser keep on alternating from the regular pointer to the spinning wheel every half seco...
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    tyrannosauross
    Jul 17, 2025

    This option is not available in the latest version (Microsoft Word for Microsoft 365 Version 2506 Build 16.0.18925.20076) of Word. It seems to be related to having an image in the header for me because if i delete the image it stops cursor flickering issue. This is a new problem though since i have been using the exact same word template (with same header image) for years without this problem. I have tried re-inserting image and changing image, and re-sizing image. I also tried changed the word-wrap settings and positioning settings. nothing solves it except deleting the image from the header completely.

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kwbcoffice
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Jul 17, 2025

A couple things I found out:

  1. Re-installing MS Word does not resolve the issue.
  2. It seems to be a file issue because the cursor doesn't tweak:
    1. in a new document from the Normal template or any other template.
    2. in files last modified on July 15.

 

I just copy-pasted the file text into a different document with the same template and that seems to have resolved the issue.

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