A cursor editor (cursor maker) is software for creating and editing static or animated mouse pointers (cursors). Cursor editors usually support both static and animated mouse cursors, but there are exceptions. An animated cursor is a sequence of static cursors representing individual frames of an animation. A cursor editor should be able to: Cursor editors are occasionally combined with icon editors, because computer icons and cursors share similar properties. Both contain small raster images and the file format used to store icons and static cursors in Microsoft Windows is similar.