1001 Secrets for Windows NT Registry
(Publisher: 29th Street Press)
Author(s): Tim Daniels
ISBN: 1882419685
Publication Date: 12/01/97

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If you want to change the cursor displayed when you cut something out of a document or delete an e-mail message, point this registry entry to the cursor file you wish to use. You must provide a fully qualified path and cursor file name.

IV-126 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common\Cursors
Value Name: DataMap
Data Type: REG_SZ
Value: C:\WINNT\Cursors\msmap.ani

Microsoft Excel uses this registry key when performing a mapping function. You must provide a fully qualified path and cursor file name.

IV-127 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common\Cursors
Value Name: HighlightTextHor
Data Type: REG_SZ
Value: C:\WINNT\Cursors\hilithor.ani

The cursor set in this value is displayed when you highlight text in one of the Office 97 applications. You must provide a fully qualified path and cursor file name.

IV-128 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common\Cursors
Value Name: HighlightTextVert
Data Type: REG_SZ
Value: C:\WINNT\Cursors\hilitver.ani

This value sets the cursor displayed when you highlight something that is oriented vertically, such as part of a PowerPoint slide. You must provide a fully qualified path and cursor file name.

IV-129 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common\Cursors
Value Name: Load
Data Type: REG_SZ
Value: C:\WINNT\Cursors\load.ani

This value sets the cursor shown when you load in a long file into one of the Office 97 applications. You must provide a fully qualified path and cursor file name.

IV-130 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common\Cursors
Value Name: MacroRecord
Data Type: REG_SZ
Value: C:\WINNT\Cursors\macrorec.ani

When you create a macro in one of the Office 97 applications, you might see a spinning cassette with a mouse cursor over it. To change the cursor, change the value in this entry. You must provide a fully qualified path and cursor file name.

IV-131 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common\Cursors
Value Name: Object
Data Type: REG_SZ
Value: C:\WINNT\Cursors\object.ani

To change the cursor you see when you insert an object into a document, modify this registry entry. You must provide a fully qualified path and cursor file name.

IV-132 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common\Cursors
Value Name: OpenShared
Data Type: REG_SZ
Value: C:\WINNT\Cursors\opshrfld.ani

The cursor specified in this value appears when you open a file that is already opened by someone else. You must provide a fully qualified path and cursor file name.

IV-133 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common\Cursors
Value Name: PaintArrow
Data Type: REG_SZ
Value: C:\WINNT\Cursors\paintptr.ani

This value sets the cursor displayed when you use the Format Painter in any Office 97 application. You must provide a fully qualified path and cursor file name.

IV-134 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common\Cursors
Value Name: PaintCell
Data Type: REG_SZ
Value: C:\WINNT\Cursors\paintcel.ani

The cursor set in this value appears when you use the Format Painter to apply formatting in an Excel spreadsheet. You must provide a fully qualified path and cursor file name.

IV-135 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common\Cursors
Value Name: PaintTextHor
Data Type: REG_SZ
Value: C:\WINNT\Cursors\painthor.ani


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