It tells you where you are, and it blinks so you can find it easily, and know it’s not a character.
Imagine editing a document without it: you’d have to start typing to find out where your text is going to go. How many times have you clicked your mouse pointer at the beginning of a word, but then realized your cursor was after the first character of that word? You knew that because the cursor was blinking at you.
It tells you where you are, and it blinks so you can find it easily, and know it’s not a character.
Imagine editing a document without it: you’d have to start typing to find out where your text is going to go. How many times have you clicked your mouse pointer at the beginning of a word, but then realized your cursor was after the first character of that word? You knew that because the cursor was blinking at you.