Disappearing mouse pointer

What's wrong? My mouse pointer hides from me.

Hello butterbean8,
More information is needed before we can start trying to diagnose.
What make / model computer?
What operating system?
Does the mouse left alone disappear or are you clicking on something and then it just disappears?
How do you normally resolve the issue?
How is your mouse connected to your computer?
One screen or two screens? If one, have you ever used two?
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I use Keynote 3 several times a week to make up my presentations for work.
I use my eMac at home, running Panther (my work place uses Windows) and then I transfer the completed file over my home network to my iBook. I take my iBook to work, hook it up to a projector and give the presentation.
Lately, an interesting fault has arisen.
Say I'm making up a slide. Suddenly, my mouse pointer disappears.
I can physically wriggle the mouse and so on but I still can't see the pointer.
I used to save my work using "command S" and then re-open the file and the mouse pointer would be there again.
I now don't bother closing the file. I just twirl the mouse around a bit and the pointer eventually appears, usually from underneath the dock or, up in the file menu somewhere. Yes, that's right. Very weird. The mouse pointer seems to disappear under the window of the Keynote program.
Everything seems to work OK for a while and then it happens again.
This is getting really annoying.
I can't figure out if it's an eMac fault or a Keynote problem.
I don't seem to be able to reproduce the fault when I use my iBook (running Tiger) to make up a presentation.
Has anyone else come across this fault before?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.

Hello Brie
I apologise for not replying sooner. I've been away.
I tried your suggestion but it didn't make any difference.
I've just done 6 presentations over the last week and everything worked fine.
However, last night, I was making up a presentation and again, the mouse pointer disappeared.
Stange!
I think it is a bug in the program.
Anyway, thanks for the reply
Regards
JN

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BillPStudios wrote:
Cauld,
Thanks! So far the Ctrl-Alt-Del then Escape brings back my mouse pointer.
Obviously, I'm not going to mark this as a solution but at least you've saved me from having to reboot frequently. I appreciate your participation.
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This error is unrelated to the physical mouse being plugged in. It happens in tablet and laptop mode, I've tried to follow my actions to determine when it disappears but as far as I can tell it's random. Suddenly I'll go to do something and I no longer have a arrow on my screen. If I move my finger around the touch pad I can tell it's still calculating where the mouse pointer is located but there's no image to confirm the location.
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