They got back to me within hours, with an explanation and an alternative. I logged a support ticket with the SnagIt people, as I suspect this was a bug.

That seemed strange so I retested it and there’s no way I could capture a large mouse pointer with SnagIt (I’m using the latest 2022 version). It’s still hard to see on screen, even with that green I then tried to get a screenshot of a part of a Word screen, with the larger mouse pointer, but SnagIt changed it back to the standard size, though it did keep the colour change. To change the mouse pointer size and colour in Windows 10: Mouse settings > Adjust Mouse and Cursor Size, then use the slider to adjust the size of the pointer to change the colour, click the box with the rainbow colour wheel and then choose a colour. I changed it a few hours ago-and haven’t changed it back! It certainly makes finding and clicking things quicker, though the very large I-beam cursor is a bit of a nuisance when trying to select or edit text.

I’m doing some online Word training for a company soon and as I’ll be pointing at stuff on the screen on the Microsoft Teams call, I figured I should set my mouse pointer to be larger and a different colour so they can see it easily as I move it about. It’s not that I find a cursor (or mouse pointer) hard to see on the screen… or so I thought.

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