[fidelco foster]

When I am typing a sentence in Word, half way through a sentence, the cursor
will jump to a different place in the text. If I don't immediately notice
it, I have to back off the misplaced letters, scroll down to where I was and
continue typing. It is driving me nuts. I have Word 2007, and a laptop
with a wireless mouse and keyboard therefore I am not brushing the touchpad
with my fingers. Others have written about this and one suggestion was to
disable the touchpad. I have gone to Control Panel and cannot find any place
to disable the touchpad. Another thought was to disable the Speech
Recognition which I don't find either. I don't know whether it is enabled or
not. I have a Dell Inspiron E 1505 laptop.

Thanks for any help you might offer. Fidelco Foster

[grammatim[_2_]]

On Jun 4, 10:16*am, fidelco foster
wrote:
When I am typing a sentence in Word, half way through a sentence, the cursor
will jump to a different place in the text. *If I don't immediately notice
it, I have to back off the misplaced letters, scroll down to where I was and
continue typing. *It is driving me nuts. * I have Word 2007, and a laptop
with a wireless mouse and keyboard therefore I am not brushing the touchpad
with my fingers. *Others have written about this and one suggestion was to
disable the touchpad. *I have gone to Control Panel and cannot find any place
to disable the touchpad. *Another thought was to disable the Speech
Recognition which I don't find either. *I don't know whether it is enabled or
not. *I have a Dell Inspiron E 1505 laptop. *

Thanks for any help you might offer. *Fidelco Foster

Try Dell's tech support too?

[Graham Mayor]

The touchpad you will probably have to disable in the BIOS (often accessed
by pressing DEL whilst booting)

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



fidelco foster wrote:
When I am typing a sentence in Word, half way through a sentence, the
cursor will jump to a different place in the text. If I don't
immediately notice it, I have to back off the misplaced letters,
scroll down to where I was and continue typing. It is driving me
nuts. I have Word 2007, and a laptop with a wireless mouse and
keyboard therefore I am not brushing the touchpad with my fingers.
Others have written about this and one suggestion was to disable the
touchpad. I have gone to Control Panel and cannot find any place to
disable the touchpad. Another thought was to disable the Speech
Recognition which I don't find either. I don't know whether it is
enabled or not. I have a Dell Inspiron E 1505 laptop.

Thanks for any help you might offer. Fidelco Foster

[JoAnn Paules]

Try turning off your microphone. (Seriously. If the voice recognition is
turned on, sounds/noises can be misinterpreted as commands.)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"


"fidelco foster" wrote in message
...
When I am typing a sentence in Word, half way through a sentence, the
cursor
will jump to a different place in the text. If I don't immediately notice
it, I have to back off the misplaced letters, scroll down to where I was
and
continue typing. It is driving me nuts. I have Word 2007, and a laptop
with a wireless mouse and keyboard therefore I am not brushing the
touchpad
with my fingers. Others have written about this and one suggestion was to
disable the touchpad. I have gone to Control Panel and cannot find any
place
to disable the touchpad. Another thought was to disable the Speech
Recognition which I don't find either. I don't know whether it is enabled
or
not. I have a Dell Inspiron E 1505 laptop.

Thanks for any help you might offer. Fidelco Foster

[fidelco foster]

Thank you. That is a new approach. I do not have a microphone. I may have
speech recognition (tied in to a microphone?) which someone mentioned but if
I do, I did not enable it. If it is enabled, I don't know how to disable it.

I know nothing about BIOS and hitting DEL while booting to bypass the
touchpad on the laptop. I can visualize smoke pouring out of the machine if I
tried that. Obviously, I am not tech savvy.
I thought it might have something to do with the speed of the cursor as I
type fast - cursor not being able to keep up?
Anyway, I very much appreciate eveyone attempting to help.
Fidelco Foster



"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

Try turning off your microphone. (Seriously. If the voice recognition is
turned on, sounds/noises can be misinterpreted as commands.)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"


"fidelco foster" wrote in message
...
When I am typing a sentence in Word, half way through a sentence, the
cursor
will jump to a different place in the text. If I don't immediately notice
it, I have to back off the misplaced letters, scroll down to where I was
and
continue typing. It is driving me nuts. I have Word 2007, and a laptop
with a wireless mouse and keyboard therefore I am not brushing the
touchpad
with my fingers. Others have written about this and one suggestion was to
disable the touchpad. I have gone to Control Panel and cannot find any
place
to disable the touchpad. Another thought was to disable the Speech
Recognition which I don't find either. I don't know whether it is enabled
or
not. I have a Dell Inspiron E 1505 laptop.

Thanks for any help you might offer. Fidelco Foster

[JoAnn Paules]

Turning off a microphone is less risky than messing with the BIOS.

Are you using Windows XP or Vista?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"


"fidelco foster" wrote in message
...
Thank you. That is a new approach. I do not have a microphone. I may have
speech recognition (tied in to a microphone?) which someone mentioned but
if
I do, I did not enable it. If it is enabled, I don't know how to disable
it.

I know nothing about BIOS and hitting DEL while booting to bypass the
touchpad on the laptop. I can visualize smoke pouring out of the machine
if I
tried that. Obviously, I am not tech savvy.
I thought it might have something to do with the speed of the cursor as I
type fast - cursor not being able to keep up?
Anyway, I very much appreciate eveyone attempting to help.
Fidelco Foster



"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

Try turning off your microphone. (Seriously. If the voice recognition is
turned on, sounds/noises can be misinterpreted as commands.)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"


"fidelco foster" wrote in
message
...
When I am typing a sentence in Word, half way through a sentence, the
cursor
will jump to a different place in the text. If I don't immediately
notice
it, I have to back off the misplaced letters, scroll down to where I
was
and
continue typing. It is driving me nuts. I have Word 2007, and a
laptop
with a wireless mouse and keyboard therefore I am not brushing the
touchpad
with my fingers. Others have written about this and one suggestion was
to
disable the touchpad. I have gone to Control Panel and cannot find any
place
to disable the touchpad. Another thought was to disable the Speech
Recognition which I don't find either. I don't know whether it is
enabled
or
not. I have a Dell Inspiron E 1505 laptop.

Thanks for any help you might offer. Fidelco Foster

[fidelco foster]

Windows XP Pro Thanks
"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

Turning off a microphone is less risky than messing with the BIOS.

Are you using Windows XP or Vista?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"


"fidelco foster" wrote in message
...
Thank you. That is a new approach. I do not have a microphone. I may have
speech recognition (tied in to a microphone?) which someone mentioned but
if
I do, I did not enable it. If it is enabled, I don't know how to disable
it.

I know nothing about BIOS and hitting DEL while booting to bypass the
touchpad on the laptop. I can visualize smoke pouring out of the machine
if I
tried that. Obviously, I am not tech savvy.
I thought it might have something to do with the speed of the cursor as I
type fast - cursor not being able to keep up?
Anyway, I very much appreciate eveyone attempting to help.
Fidelco Foster



"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

Try turning off your microphone. (Seriously. If the voice recognition is
turned on, sounds/noises can be misinterpreted as commands.)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"


"fidelco foster" wrote in
message
...
When I am typing a sentence in Word, half way through a sentence, the
cursor
will jump to a different place in the text. If I don't immediately
notice
it, I have to back off the misplaced letters, scroll down to where I
was
and
continue typing. It is driving me nuts. I have Word 2007, and a
laptop
with a wireless mouse and keyboard therefore I am not brushing the
touchpad
with my fingers. Others have written about this and one suggestion was
to
disable the touchpad. I have gone to Control Panel and cannot find any
place
to disable the touchpad. Another thought was to disable the Speech
Recognition which I don't find either. I don't know whether it is
enabled
or
not. I have a Dell Inspiron E 1505 laptop.

Thanks for any help you might offer. Fidelco Foster

[JoAnn Paules]

It may vary but try this: (My system is running Vista so this was copied
from a website I found)

Start-Control Panel-

Adjust the system volume -

In the Device volume area in the middle of the Volume tab, click on
Advanced. I know, I know, it looks like you are adjusting speaker volume,
but go ahead and do it.

If the microphone doesnt show up as one of the devices, select the menu
item Options-Properties and put a check in the Microphone box.

In the microphone sub-panel, put a check in the Mute box.



--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"fidelco foster" wrote in message
...

Windows XP Pro Thanks
"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

Turning off a microphone is less risky than messing with the BIOS.

Are you using Windows XP or Vista?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"


"fidelco foster" wrote in
message
...
Thank you. That is a new approach. I do not have a microphone. I may
have
speech recognition (tied in to a microphone?) which someone mentioned
but
if
I do, I did not enable it. If it is enabled, I don't know how to
disable
it.

I know nothing about BIOS and hitting DEL while booting to bypass the
touchpad on the laptop. I can visualize smoke pouring out of the
machine
if I
tried that. Obviously, I am not tech savvy.
I thought it might have something to do with the speed of the cursor as
I
type fast - cursor not being able to keep up?
Anyway, I very much appreciate eveyone attempting to help.
Fidelco Foster



"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

Try turning off your microphone. (Seriously. If the voice recognition
is
turned on, sounds/noises can be misinterpreted as commands.)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"


"fidelco foster" wrote in
message
...
When I am typing a sentence in Word, half way through a sentence,
the
cursor
will jump to a different place in the text. If I don't immediately
notice
it, I have to back off the misplaced letters, scroll down to where I
was
and
continue typing. It is driving me nuts. I have Word 2007, and a
laptop
with a wireless mouse and keyboard therefore I am not brushing the
touchpad
with my fingers. Others have written about this and one suggestion
was
to
disable the touchpad. I have gone to Control Panel and cannot find
any
place
to disable the touchpad. Another thought was to disable the Speech
Recognition which I don't find either. I don't know whether it is
enabled
or
not. I have a Dell Inspiron E 1505 laptop.

Thanks for any help you might offer. Fidelco Foster