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curser moves text
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? Thanks |
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On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 07:31:53 -0700, "Larry"
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? Thanks 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. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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"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. -- Bob Kanyak's Doghouse http://www.kanyak.com |
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No, im using a mouse. Its such an odd thing. When I type a line if I pause
the curser will move up a line like its getting out of the way. then when I start to type it goes back to the right place. If its at the end of a page then it pushes the text up and when I move the curser down or start to type the text slides back into the right spot. Im sure its some sort of "convenience" to make it easy to see the text by getting the curser out of the way. Thanks Larry "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. -- Bob Kanyak's Doghouse http://www.kanyak.com |
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Im using a mouse, none of the keyboard. Let me see if I can describe it
better. When I pause in typing the curser will move up a line as though it is allowing me to get a better look at the text. Then when I resume typing it comes back to the right place. Im sure its something that is supposed to be a convenience. When I am at the beginning of a new page the curser will still move up, but now its going up to the previous page and that causes the text to shift. When I resume typing the text comes back to the right place. I hope thats clearer. Thanks for your help. "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. -- Bob Kanyak's Doghouse http://www.kanyak.com |
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"Larry" wrote
Im using a mouse, none of the keyboard. Let me see if I can describe it better. When I pause in typing the curser will move up a line as though it is allowing me to get a better look at the text. Then when I resume typing it comes back to the right place. Im sure its something that is supposed to be a convenience. This is not a feature that I have ever seen in any version of Word that I have ever used. A couple of questions come to mind. Did this behavior start recently or was it always like this? Could this behavior be a feature of your mouse driver/software support? -- Bob, who's been using Word since Windows 3.1 Kanyak's Doghouse http://www.kanyak.com |
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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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On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 21:44:31 +0300, "Opinicus"
wrote: "Larry" wrote Im using a mouse, none of the keyboard. Let me see if I can describe it better. When I pause in typing the curser will move up a line as though it is allowing me to get a better look at the text. Then when I resume typing it comes back to the right place. Im sure its something that is supposed to be a convenience. This is not a feature that I have ever seen in any version of Word that I have ever used. A couple of questions come to mind. Did this behavior start recently or was it always like this? Could this behavior be a feature of your mouse driver/software support? Agreed, I haven't seen this either. I assume you know the difference between the mouse cursor (I-beam) and the insertion point (flashing vertical bar) and that isn't what you're referring to. In any case, that wouldn't cause the text to shift up and down. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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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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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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