And of course, immediately Undo to get the text back.

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"Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message
.. .
At a guess, you accidentally brushed the laptop's trackpad, selecting
text--your next typing replaced the selection, and your paper disappeared.

You can both/either reduce the trackpad sensitivity (somewhere in Windows,
don't ask me where), and turn off "typing replaces selection," (in Word,
Tools | Options, Edit tab).


On 2/6/05 9:17 PM, "Abby Dunn" wrote:

I was in the middle of writing a paper and all of a sudden, the entire
page
just dissappeared. I am on a laptop using Microsoft Office 2003. This
is
the 2nd time today this has happened. I've tried everything I can think
of.
Any suggestions???

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