iMac is making a box (covers the width of the screen) with large font on selected or typed text. Very annoying!

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iMac is making a box (covers the width of the screen) with large font on selected or typed text. Very annoying!

I was in a word document and suddenly everything I typed was repeated in a large box with large characters. I left word and found the same thing on my desktop, using MacOS Big Sur 11.7.10. I've tried rebooting, doesn't help. Everything I type or select on screen results is a box covering the width of the screen. Can't find anything on Google. Anyone here see this? How to fix it?? Very annoying!

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veehb

iMac 27″

Posted on Apr 14, 2024 2:09 PM

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HWTech

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Apr 14, 2024 6:59 PM in response to veehbJ

Check the Accessibility System Settings to see if one of them got activated.

Use Hover Text on Mac - Apple Support

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BDAqua

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Apr 14, 2024 2:23 PM in response to veehbJ

See if this cures it...

Press option-command-8 to toggle the zoom off.

Are you using Wacom drivers?

Duplicated and repeating text input in ma… - Apple Community

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veehbJ Author

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Apr 14, 2024 2:31 PM in response to BDAqua

Tried this and it didn't fix the problem. I don't know what Wacom drivers are, but don't think I'm using them. I was in Word (Office 365) when it happened. Saved the doc and exited and now it is doing it on all programs (Firefox right now).

Thanks for your suggestion. Anything else I can try?

veehb

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veehbJ Author

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Apr 14, 2024 2:38 PM in response to BDAqua

More info: On the desktop, each time I move the mouse curser to an icon or the text below, the text is a large box with a the text below the icon repeated in the box. Covers most of the screen. Same if clicking on the icon or the text below the icon.

Does it in MS Word and also in Firefox.

Must be something to turn off somewhere??

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veehbJ Author

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Apr 14, 2024 2:54 PM in response to BDAqua

BDAque,

I answered above, but it was out of place. Thanks for your suggestion. Don't have Wacom Drivers. And your suggestion didn't work. Any other ideas. Seems like I need to change a setting somewhere, but where??

B

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veehbJ Author

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Apr 14, 2024 3:51 PM in response to BDAqua

No this didn't work. It makes the icons larger on the desktop, but doens't fix the problem.

Any other ideas?

Thanks,

Veehb

iMac is making a box (covers the width of the screen) with large font on selected or typed text. Very annoying!

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