Important:  This issue is now closed with the fix indicated below. For more information on other recent issues for your application, see Fixes or workarounds for recent Office issues.

Last Updated: December 18, 2017

ISSUE

Some devices may experience the cursor flickering when you open an Excel workbook and move over workbook cells after updating to the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update.

STATUS: FIXED

To fix this issue, please do the following:

Make sure you have the latest update for Windows 10. For information on manually installing the KB 4054517 update, go to this article: December 12, 2017 - KB4054517 (OS Build 16299.125).

Install the latest Office update. To do this, open any Office app and choose File > Account > Update Options > Update Now. For more information, go to Install Office updates.

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