Instructions for highlighting mouse pointer on Windows

Cursor Highlighter application will highlight the mouse pointer on your computer, highlighting the pointer, making it easier for you and your audience to follow in presentations, tutorials and live streams. The application provides different settings for you to adjust the mouse pointer highlight on your computer to suit your use. Below is a guide to highlight the mouse pointer on Windows.

How to highlight the mouse pointer on Windows using Cursor Highlighter

Step 1:

First, download and install the Cursor Highlighter application from the link below.

• Download Cursor Highlighter app

You will immediately see the mouse pointer highlight as shown below. When you click the left mouse button it turns red, when you leave it it will be yellow and when you right mouse button it will be blue.

Step 2:

In the Cursor Highlighter application interface you will see many different customizations in Appearance:

• Enable cursor highlighter: Enable or disable the application's effects.
• Use accent color: Use system or custom accent color.
• Left click color: Adjust the color when left clicking.
• Right click color: Adjust the color when right clicking.
• Shape: Choose a shape for the circle surrounding the mouse pointer including rounded square, diamond and ellipse.
• Size: Select the size for the ring.
• Border weight: Select border thickness.
• Glow: Select the ring light effect.
• Clicks: Select the effect type when clicking the mouse.

If you want to use any change, click to select it and you will see the highlight cursor displayed next to it for you to preview.

Step 3:

Continue to click and o Behavior to continue editing the cursor highlight.

• Hide highlighter: Hide the effect circle when inactive, when moving, or never hide.
• Cursor attention: Enlarges the surrounding effect circle when inactive or not in use.
• Run on window start: Always use Cursor Highlighter Pro on computer start.
• Minimize to tray on close: Automatically minimize to the system tray when closing the settings interface.
• Activation hotkey: Shortcut Ctrl + Shift + H to turn on/off effects or set other shortcuts.

We also customize the display settings on the application interface.

How to highlight mouse pointer with PenAttention

1. Download PenAttention at:

http://www.math.uaa.alaska.edu/~afkjm/PenAttention/download.html

2. Install the application by double clicking on the exe file.

3. Once installed, open it from the Start menu.

4. Now right click on the PenAttention icon on the taskbar and select Highlight settings.

5. Here, select the option Highlight mouse as well as pen .

6. To change the color to yellow, click the Color box and select yellow.

7. Click the Apply changes button.

How to highlight mouse pointer using PointerFocus

If PenAttention doesn't work for you, try PointerFocus.

1. Download PointerFocus .

2. Install the downloaded application.

3. Once installed, open the Start menu, search for PointerFocus and open it.

4. Once opened, you will see a yellow ring around your mouse pointer.

Customize mouse pointer size and color

If you don't like the default cursor highlighting, you can change it to a closed circle and reduce its size. Here's how.

1. Right-click the PointerFocus application on the taskbar and select Options.

2. Go to the Highlight cursor tab.

3. Here, set the Size value to 50 and the Circle Width value to 30.

4. Click the OK button to save the changes.

Once the changes are applied, you will see the mouse pointer highlighted by a yellow circle. If not, try different size and width settings to get the desired result.

To change the highlight color, click the color box next to the Color option.

You can quickly turn cursor highlighting on or off by right-clicking the taskbar icon and selecting the Highlight cursor option or pressing a key F8on your keyboard.

Note : PointerFocus is a paid app. However, you can use it for free as long as it is not for commercial purposes. The only limitation is that the app will show an upgrade reminder every 5 minutes.

How to highlight mouse pointer via Yellow Circle Cursor

If you don't want to install any software just to highlight the mouse cursor, then you need to create a new cursor scheme in Windows.

1. Download Yellow Circle Cursor at:

http://www.rw-designer.com/cursor-detail/72039

2. Open the Start menu, search for Mouse settings and open it.

3. On the right page, scroll down and click the Additional mouse options link .

4. Go to the Pointers tab.

5. Here, select the Normal Select option and click on the Browse button.

6. Go to where you saved the downloaded cursor, select it and click Open.

7. The pointer will be added to Pointers. Click the Save as button.

8. Name the cursor style whatever you want and click OK.

9. Now, click on Apply > OK button .

As soon as you do that, Windows will enable the new mouse pointer.

To revert to the default mouse pointer, open Pointers and select the Windows Default (system scheme) option from the drop-down menu and save the changes.

Refer to the article: How to add mouse effects in videos on Camtasia for another way to customize the mouse pointer.