It sounds like your touch pad has scrolling enabled. Check your Mouse
Properties in the Control Panel and see if scrolling can be disabled and/or
decrease the sensitivity. Most have this option but it depends on your touch
pad/computer.
Personally, I love the ability to use the touch pad to scroll since I don't
use a wheel mouse. If you can determine what you are doing exactly to start
scrolling (chances are you are near the right edge or bottom of the touch
pad - these are typically the scrolling zones) you might find you prefer it
too. :-)
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"NickR" wrote in message
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When I touch the touch pad on my notebook, I intermittently experience
scrolling even when the arrow is pointing at text. A small rectangle
apears
below the arrow with + and - indicated, and the scrolling is in the
corresponding direction. This is also happening in Explorer as I write but
does not happen in, say, Windows Notebook. I am using Office 2003 on Vista
Home Basic.