You may want to change the width of the Normal and Overwrite caret (I-beam) in the galley text in the source pane when editing text on the Articles main tab.

The default setting: 2 for the Normal caret and 10 for the Overwrite caret.

The recommended setting: 1 to make the Normal caret thinner, 3-4 to make it more visible.

To change the width of the editing caret

1.On the Edit menu of the Articles main tab, or on the Edit menu of the Pages main tab while editing text, click Preferences.

2.On the Display sub-tab of the Source tab, under Caret width, in Insert enter the new width of the Normal caret.

3.In Overwrite enter the new width of the Overwrite caret.

4.Click OK to save the preference.

About saving preferences in database

When you click OK, the preferences are updated in the memory and applied right-on. GN4 will store the preference in the database when you exit application. Anyway, should your GN4 crash or exit in any other abnormal way, the preference will not be stored in database, and you will have to repeat the previously described steps.

This preference is stored in the Editorial_SystemUserConfig for the securityRef corresponding to the user name. To display that configuration, open EdAdmin4, click Client Applications, expand the search pane in the left sidebar, in the Name enter editorial, and in the securityRef select the name of the user. Double-click the Editorial_SystemUserConfig to open the content. Locate the preference by name.