J
J.Dawg
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Jim,
This happens to me all the time. It drives me nuts! Totally disrupts the
workflow.
For me, it happens most frequently in Powerpoint. Usually when I"m at teh
end of a bullet point.
It's not a hardware thing, as I now have a new laptop. Old laptop was
Vista, new is Win7. So it's not that.
And it's not the touchpad, as it happens when I'm using the touchpad or
using a USB mouse and keyboard.
I've heard other people at the office complain about the same thing.
I'm convinced it's a microsoft office bug. Wish I knew how to fix it. Let
me know if you cure yours!
"JVRudnick" wrote:
> I am a writer, using MS Word 2003 to write a novel. I write as usual and I
> think you all have used Word to write, and the thing is this.
>
> When I am writing the word say "science" when I get to the letter e, the
> cursor "jumps" to wherever I've "left" the cursor with the mouse. That is, no
> matter what the word or letter I'm 'on' the writing goes okay for a moment or
> two and then the cursor 'jumps' and it's inserted itself and I'm still typing
> but the spot where the cursor SHOULD be has changed...so I'm making typing
> errors...
>
> Follow me? THIS is pretty well discouraging...
>
> Can anyone point me at the reason for this and how to combat same?
>
> Or, is this maybe NOT an MS Word issue but an issue with the laptop?
> XPPro/SP3....geez...the same thing just happened HERE in this message box....
>
> so, this must have more to do with the laptop....am I correct, and how do I
> combat this in whichever case is true?
>
> ????
>
> Jim
This happens to me all the time. It drives me nuts! Totally disrupts the
workflow.
For me, it happens most frequently in Powerpoint. Usually when I"m at teh
end of a bullet point.
It's not a hardware thing, as I now have a new laptop. Old laptop was
Vista, new is Win7. So it's not that.
And it's not the touchpad, as it happens when I'm using the touchpad or
using a USB mouse and keyboard.
I've heard other people at the office complain about the same thing.
I'm convinced it's a microsoft office bug. Wish I knew how to fix it. Let
me know if you cure yours!
"JVRudnick" wrote:
> I am a writer, using MS Word 2003 to write a novel. I write as usual and I
> think you all have used Word to write, and the thing is this.
>
> When I am writing the word say "science" when I get to the letter e, the
> cursor "jumps" to wherever I've "left" the cursor with the mouse. That is, no
> matter what the word or letter I'm 'on' the writing goes okay for a moment or
> two and then the cursor 'jumps' and it's inserted itself and I'm still typing
> but the spot where the cursor SHOULD be has changed...so I'm making typing
> errors...
>
> Follow me? THIS is pretty well discouraging...
>
> Can anyone point me at the reason for this and how to combat same?
>
> Or, is this maybe NOT an MS Word issue but an issue with the laptop?
> XPPro/SP3....geez...the same thing just happened HERE in this message box....
>
> so, this must have more to do with the laptop....am I correct, and how do I
> combat this in whichever case is true?
>
> ????
>
> Jim