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The cursor and the insertion point are the same thing. The mouse pointer is
something different, and there may well be a setting in your mouse software (Control Panel | Mouse) to hide the pointer (not move it out of the way) when typing, but that doesn't sound like the issue here. Is this a laptop? Does it have a touchpad? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Larry" wrote in message ... I do know the difference between curser and insert and Im convinced that it has to be a setting. I know in wordperfect (if you will pardon the expression) there is a setting asking whether you would like to have the curser move out of the way when you type. But I cant find any sort of a setting like that in Word. It performs too consistantly to be a bug and I would be willing to uninstall and reinstall but Im not convinced that it wont be there again. It has been present for a long time, I honestly cant remember if it dates from the original install. I simply wasnt typing enough to have it be a big hassle, now it is. Larry "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 19:48:49 +0300, "Opinicus" wrote: "Jay Freedman" wrote wrote: When I move the curser toward text it moves the text out of the way, or the curser jumps up a line so I can see better. This is driving me nuts, espeically when it pushes text down to another page. Im sure there is a way to turn off this cuser behavior, but I cant find it. Can anyone help? How are you moving the cursor? If you're pressing the space bar, DON'T DO THAT! Use the arrow keys, or the Page Up/Down keys or the Home and End keys. That's a very ingenious diagnosis, Jay. But I still can't figure out the part about the cursor jumping *up* a line. OK, ingenious but wrong... ;-) -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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Yes, its a laptop with a touchpad.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The cursor and the insertion point are the same thing. The mouse pointer is something different, and there may well be a setting in your mouse software (Control Panel | Mouse) to hide the pointer (not move it out of the way) when typing, but that doesn't sound like the issue here. Is this a laptop? Does it have a touchpad? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Larry" wrote in message ... I do know the difference between curser and insert and Im convinced that it has to be a setting. I know in wordperfect (if you will pardon the expression) there is a setting asking whether you would like to have the curser move out of the way when you type. But I cant find any sort of a setting like that in Word. It performs too consistantly to be a bug and I would be willing to uninstall and reinstall but Im not convinced that it wont be there again. It has been present for a long time, I honestly cant remember if it dates from the original install. I simply wasnt typing enough to have it be a big hassle, now it is. Larry "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 19:48:49 +0300, "Opinicus" wrote: "Jay Freedman" wrote wrote: When I move the curser toward text it moves the text out of the way, or the curser jumps up a line so I can see better. This is driving me nuts, espeically when it pushes text down to another page. Im sure there is a way to turn off this cuser behavior, but I cant find it. Can anyone help? How are you moving the cursor? If you're pressing the space bar, DON'T DO THAT! Use the arrow keys, or the Page Up/Down keys or the Home and End keys. That's a very ingenious diagnosis, Jay. But I still can't figure out the part about the cursor jumping *up* a line. OK, ingenious but wrong... ;-) -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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Hi Larry,
The point of Suzanne's question is this: When you type on a laptop, your thumbs naturally rest on or near the touchpad. If the pad's sensitivity is set too high, it can "see" unintended movements as mouse pointer movements and clicks. If the laptop has software for changing the pad's sensitivity, turn it down as far as it will go and see if the problem stops. It may also be possible to disable the touchpad and use an external mouse. Generally, try to keep your hands as far from the touchpad as possible while typing. To be as explicit as I can be, there is no feature in Word that "moves the cursor out of the way" or moves the display up and down as you cross page boundaries. What you're seeing must have an external cause. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org On Sun, 1 May 2005 09:28:03 -0700, "Larry" wrote: Yes, its a laptop with a touchpad. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The cursor and the insertion point are the same thing. The mouse pointer is something different, and there may well be a setting in your mouse software (Control Panel | Mouse) to hide the pointer (not move it out of the way) when typing, but that doesn't sound like the issue here. Is this a laptop? Does it have a touchpad? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Larry" wrote in message ... I do know the difference between curser and insert and Im convinced that it has to be a setting. I know in wordperfect (if you will pardon the expression) there is a setting asking whether you would like to have the curser move out of the way when you type. But I cant find any sort of a setting like that in Word. It performs too consistantly to be a bug and I would be willing to uninstall and reinstall but Im not convinced that it wont be there again. It has been present for a long time, I honestly cant remember if it dates from the original install. I simply wasnt typing enough to have it be a big hassle, now it is. Larry "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 19:48:49 +0300, "Opinicus" wrote: "Jay Freedman" wrote wrote: When I move the curser toward text it moves the text out of the way, or the curser jumps up a line so I can see better. This is driving me nuts, espeically when it pushes text down to another page. Im sure there is a way to turn off this cuser behavior, but I cant find it. Can anyone help? How are you moving the cursor? If you're pressing the space bar, DON'T DO THAT! Use the arrow keys, or the Page Up/Down keys or the Home and End keys. That's a very ingenious diagnosis, Jay. But I still can't figure out the part about the cursor jumping *up* a line. OK, ingenious but wrong... ;-) -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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