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Symptoms

When you add some text in a right to left (RTL) language in a text box on some websites, Internet Explorer 11 displays a different style of carets in the editing text. In this situation, the RTL caret is displayed in an incorrect position and may overlap characters. Additionally, it is difficult to determine the text insertion point.

Resolution

Update information

To resolve this issue, install the most recent cumulative security update for Internet Explorer. To do this, go to Microsoft Update.

Notes

  • This update was first included in the following security update:

    2909921 MS14-010: Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer: February 11, 2014

  • For technical information about the most recent cumulative security update for Internet Explorer, go to the following Microsoft website:

    http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/current.aspx

Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

References

See the terminology that Microsoft uses to describe software updates.

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