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following their mother. In general, this stuttering-cursor effect is

irritating. On rare occasions, however, you may find that it helps
you locate the cursor—for example, if you’re making a
presentation on a low-contrast LCD projector.

Hide pointer while typing is useful if you find that the cursor
sometimes gets in the way of the words on your screen. As soon as
you use the keyboard, the pointer disappears; just move the mouse

to make the pointer reappear.

Show location of pointer when I press the CTRL key. If you’ve

managed to lose the cursor on an LCD projector or a laptop with an
inferior screen, this feature helps you gain your bearings. After
turning on this checkbox, Windows displays an animated

concentric ring each time you press the Ctrl key to pinpoint the
cursor’s location.

Tip

You can also fatten up the insertion point—the cursor that appears when you’re editing text. See
“Cursor & Pointer Size”.

Fonts

This Settings screen (Figure 4-7) is your master cheat sheet for the

typefaces installed on your PC. Each appears with a sample sentence, for
your font-ogling pleasure.

Here’s the fun you can have here:

Drag and drop to install. Fantastic. Windows now has the world’s
most idiot-proof technique for installing new fonts. Just drag their

desktop icons into this panel, and boom: They’re installed.

Click a font to open its details screen, where you can read about

its origins and legal limitations, type in a sample sentence of your
own, adjust the size of the preview, or uninstall the font.