when I type on a notebook, the cursor has a tendency to jump to some other
line above the one where I'm typing, and suddenly I'm typing up there instead
of where I want to be. I'm not accidentally hitting any special keys, I'm
not accidentally hitting the touch pad, I've tried turning down touchpad
sensitivity just in case. this has happened on several different brands of
notebooks and at least two versions of Word. any idea how to fix?

From your comments, it is obviously the fault of all brands of notebook
computers.
It's not a Word problem.
"lesevny" wrote in message
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when I type on a notebook, the cursor has a tendency to jump to some other
line above the one where I'm typing, and suddenly I'm typing up there
instead
of where I want to be. I'm not accidentally hitting any special keys, I'm
not accidentally hitting the touch pad, I've tried turning down touchpad
sensitivity just in case. this has happened on several different brands
of
notebooks and at least two versions of Word. any idea how to fix?