Cursors | Masonic Cursors For Windows Users

Masonic cursors for Windows OS

Square and Compasses

Past Master’s Jewel

Royal Arch Triple Tau

Lodge of Perfection

Consistory (3 variations)

ATTENTION
OUTLOOK EXPRESS 6.0 USERS

Outlook introduced an attachment-blocking security feature with its 6.0 version that may prevent you from accessing the cursor files. To disable it, open Outlook Express / click Tools / click Options / click the tab labeled Security / uncheck the box marked “Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus” / click Apply. After you’ve copied your cursor files, you can re-enable this security feature by going back and re-ticking the box.

CURSOR INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
1.

DO NOT “Open” THE ATTACHED CURSOR FILES AS YOU WOULD A NORMAL ATTACHMENT! If you don’t have the proper software or viewer, you will only confuse your computer (or worse). Instead, SAVE or COPY each attachment directly into the C:WINDOWSCURSOR folder on your hard drive (C:WINNTCURSOR for those using Windows NT/2000). When done…
2.

From your desktop, click MY COMPUTER / CONTROL PANEL / MOUSE / POINTERS.
3.

Highlight the cursor you want to replace by clicking on it (the first one, “Normal Select”, will already be highlighted).
4.

Click the BROWSE button and browse to the C:/WINDOWS/CURSOR folder (C:WINNTCURSOR for Windows NT/2000). Note: You may already be in it.
5.

In the Browse window, find the matching masonic cursor by its corresponding name, i.e., for “Normal Select”, find “[style]_NormalSelect.cur” ([style] being the set you downloaded) then click on the masonic cursor’s name to highlight it.
6.

Click the OPEN button. You’ll see the masonic cursor has now replaced the previous cursor in the POINTERS window, but it will not be activated until step 9 below.
7.

Repeat steps 3-4-5-6 for the remaining cursors. Note: There are no cursors for Precision Select, Text Select, Handwriting, Unavailable, Alternate Select, and Link Select.
8.

When all cursors are in place, click the SAVE AS button and give the set a name, i.e., “Masonic Cursors”, then click OKAY.
9.

To start using the set, click APPLY.
If at a later date you decide to stop using the masonic cursors, simply click MY COMPUTER / CONTROL PANEL / MOUSE / POINTERS, and select a different scheme in the “Scheme” menu.To delete the masonic cursors from your computer altogether, simply Delete them from your C:WINDOWSCURSOR folder as you would any other file (C:WINNTCURSOR for Windows NT/2000).