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When I am typing a sentence in Word, half way through a sentence, the cursor
will jump to a different place in the text. If I don't immediately notice it, I have to back off the misplaced letters, scroll down to where I was and continue typing. It is driving me nuts. I have Word 2007, and a laptop with a wireless mouse and keyboard therefore I am not brushing the touchpad with my fingers. Others have written about this and one suggestion was to disable the touchpad. I have gone to Control Panel and cannot find any place to disable the touchpad. Another thought was to disable the Speech Recognition which I don't find either. I don't know whether it is enabled or not. I have a Dell Inspiron E 1505 laptop. Thanks for any help you might offer. Fidelco Foster |
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On Jun 4, 10:16*am, fidelco foster
wrote: When I am typing a sentence in Word, half way through a sentence, the cursor will jump to a different place in the text. *If I don't immediately notice it, I have to back off the misplaced letters, scroll down to where I was and continue typing. *It is driving me nuts. * I have Word 2007, and a laptop with a wireless mouse and keyboard therefore I am not brushing the touchpad with my fingers. *Others have written about this and one suggestion was to disable the touchpad. *I have gone to Control Panel and cannot find any place to disable the touchpad. *Another thought was to disable the Speech Recognition which I don't find either. *I don't know whether it is enabled or not. *I have a Dell Inspiron E 1505 laptop. * Thanks for any help you might offer. *Fidelco Foster Try Dell's tech support too? |
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The touchpad you will probably have to disable in the BIOS (often accessed
by pressing DEL whilst booting) -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org fidelco foster wrote: When I am typing a sentence in Word, half way through a sentence, the cursor will jump to a different place in the text. If I don't immediately notice it, I have to back off the misplaced letters, scroll down to where I was and continue typing. It is driving me nuts. I have Word 2007, and a laptop with a wireless mouse and keyboard therefore I am not brushing the touchpad with my fingers. Others have written about this and one suggestion was to disable the touchpad. I have gone to Control Panel and cannot find any place to disable the touchpad. Another thought was to disable the Speech Recognition which I don't find either. I don't know whether it is enabled or not. I have a Dell Inspiron E 1505 laptop. Thanks for any help you might offer. Fidelco Foster |
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Try turning off your microphone. (Seriously. If the voice recognition is
turned on, sounds/noises can be misinterpreted as commands.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "fidelco foster" wrote in message ... When I am typing a sentence in Word, half way through a sentence, the cursor will jump to a different place in the text. If I don't immediately notice it, I have to back off the misplaced letters, scroll down to where I was and continue typing. It is driving me nuts. I have Word 2007, and a laptop with a wireless mouse and keyboard therefore I am not brushing the touchpad with my fingers. Others have written about this and one suggestion was to disable the touchpad. I have gone to Control Panel and cannot find any place to disable the touchpad. Another thought was to disable the Speech Recognition which I don't find either. I don't know whether it is enabled or not. I have a Dell Inspiron E 1505 laptop. Thanks for any help you might offer. Fidelco Foster |
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Thank you. That is a new approach. I do not have a microphone. I may have
speech recognition (tied in to a microphone?) which someone mentioned but if I do, I did not enable it. If it is enabled, I don't know how to disable it. I know nothing about BIOS and hitting DEL while booting to bypass the touchpad on the laptop. I can visualize smoke pouring out of the machine if I tried that. Obviously, I am not tech savvy. I thought it might have something to do with the speed of the cursor as I type fast - cursor not being able to keep up? Anyway, I very much appreciate eveyone attempting to help. Fidelco Foster "JoAnn Paules" wrote: Try turning off your microphone. (Seriously. If the voice recognition is turned on, sounds/noises can be misinterpreted as commands.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "fidelco foster" wrote in message ... When I am typing a sentence in Word, half way through a sentence, the cursor will jump to a different place in the text. If I don't immediately notice it, I have to back off the misplaced letters, scroll down to where I was and continue typing. It is driving me nuts. I have Word 2007, and a laptop with a wireless mouse and keyboard therefore I am not brushing the touchpad with my fingers. Others have written about this and one suggestion was to disable the touchpad. I have gone to Control Panel and cannot find any place to disable the touchpad. Another thought was to disable the Speech Recognition which I don't find either. I don't know whether it is enabled or not. I have a Dell Inspiron E 1505 laptop. Thanks for any help you might offer. Fidelco Foster |
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Turning off a microphone is less risky than messing with the BIOS.
Are you using Windows XP or Vista? -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "fidelco foster" wrote in message ... Thank you. That is a new approach. I do not have a microphone. I may have speech recognition (tied in to a microphone?) which someone mentioned but if I do, I did not enable it. If it is enabled, I don't know how to disable it. I know nothing about BIOS and hitting DEL while booting to bypass the touchpad on the laptop. I can visualize smoke pouring out of the machine if I tried that. Obviously, I am not tech savvy. I thought it might have something to do with the speed of the cursor as I type fast - cursor not being able to keep up? Anyway, I very much appreciate eveyone attempting to help. Fidelco Foster "JoAnn Paules" wrote: Try turning off your microphone. (Seriously. If the voice recognition is turned on, sounds/noises can be misinterpreted as commands.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "fidelco foster" wrote in message ... When I am typing a sentence in Word, half way through a sentence, the cursor will jump to a different place in the text. If I don't immediately notice it, I have to back off the misplaced letters, scroll down to where I was and continue typing. It is driving me nuts. I have Word 2007, and a laptop with a wireless mouse and keyboard therefore I am not brushing the touchpad with my fingers. Others have written about this and one suggestion was to disable the touchpad. I have gone to Control Panel and cannot find any place to disable the touchpad. Another thought was to disable the Speech Recognition which I don't find either. I don't know whether it is enabled or not. I have a Dell Inspiron E 1505 laptop. Thanks for any help you might offer. Fidelco Foster |
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Windows XP Pro Thanks "JoAnn Paules" wrote: Turning off a microphone is less risky than messing with the BIOS. Are you using Windows XP or Vista? -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "fidelco foster" wrote in message ... Thank you. That is a new approach. I do not have a microphone. I may have speech recognition (tied in to a microphone?) which someone mentioned but if I do, I did not enable it. If it is enabled, I don't know how to disable it. I know nothing about BIOS and hitting DEL while booting to bypass the touchpad on the laptop. I can visualize smoke pouring out of the machine if I tried that. Obviously, I am not tech savvy. I thought it might have something to do with the speed of the cursor as I type fast - cursor not being able to keep up? Anyway, I very much appreciate eveyone attempting to help. Fidelco Foster "JoAnn Paules" wrote: Try turning off your microphone. (Seriously. If the voice recognition is turned on, sounds/noises can be misinterpreted as commands.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "fidelco foster" wrote in message ... When I am typing a sentence in Word, half way through a sentence, the cursor will jump to a different place in the text. If I don't immediately notice it, I have to back off the misplaced letters, scroll down to where I was and continue typing. It is driving me nuts. I have Word 2007, and a laptop with a wireless mouse and keyboard therefore I am not brushing the touchpad with my fingers. Others have written about this and one suggestion was to disable the touchpad. I have gone to Control Panel and cannot find any place to disable the touchpad. Another thought was to disable the Speech Recognition which I don't find either. I don't know whether it is enabled or not. I have a Dell Inspiron E 1505 laptop. Thanks for any help you might offer. Fidelco Foster |
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It may vary but try this: (My system is running Vista so this was copied
from a website I found) Start-Control Panel- Adjust the system volume - In the Device volume area in the middle of the Volume tab, click on Advanced. I know, I know, it looks like you are adjusting speaker volume, but go ahead and do it. If the microphone doesnt show up as one of the devices, select the menu item Options-Properties and put a check in the Microphone box. In the microphone sub-panel, put a check in the Mute box. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "fidelco foster" wrote in message ... Windows XP Pro Thanks "JoAnn Paules" wrote: Turning off a microphone is less risky than messing with the BIOS. Are you using Windows XP or Vista? -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "fidelco foster" wrote in message ... Thank you. That is a new approach. I do not have a microphone. I may have speech recognition (tied in to a microphone?) which someone mentioned but if I do, I did not enable it. If it is enabled, I don't know how to disable it. I know nothing about BIOS and hitting DEL while booting to bypass the touchpad on the laptop. I can visualize smoke pouring out of the machine if I tried that. Obviously, I am not tech savvy. I thought it might have something to do with the speed of the cursor as I type fast - cursor not being able to keep up? Anyway, I very much appreciate eveyone attempting to help. Fidelco Foster "JoAnn Paules" wrote: Try turning off your microphone. (Seriously. If the voice recognition is turned on, sounds/noises can be misinterpreted as commands.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "fidelco foster" wrote in message ... When I am typing a sentence in Word, half way through a sentence, the cursor will jump to a different place in the text. If I don't immediately notice it, I have to back off the misplaced letters, scroll down to where I was and continue typing. It is driving me nuts. I have Word 2007, and a laptop with a wireless mouse and keyboard therefore I am not brushing the touchpad with my fingers. Others have written about this and one suggestion was to disable the touchpad. I have gone to Control Panel and cannot find any place to disable the touchpad. Another thought was to disable the Speech Recognition which I don't find either. I don't know whether it is enabled or not. I have a Dell Inspiron E 1505 laptop. Thanks for any help you might offer. Fidelco Foster |
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Hi JoAnn: What I see in XP Pro is StartControl Panel Sounds and Audio DevicesVolumeDevice Volume Advanced - see Volume Control, Wave, SW Synth and CD player with options to mute each one or all (no microphone) Advanced Advanced Controls for Volume Control. No Microphone. I didn't want to mute my CD player and speakers so I left everything where it was. Thanks anyway. I appreciate your trying to help. Fidelco Foster "JoAnn Paules" wrote: It may vary but try this: (My system is running Vista so this was copied from a website I found) Start-Control Panel- Adjust the system volume - In the Device volume area in the middle of the Volume tab, click on Advanced. I know, I know, it looks like you are adjusting speaker volume, but go ahead and do it. If the microphone doesnt show up as one of the devices, select the menu item Options-Properties and put a check in the Microphone box. In the microphone sub-panel, put a check in the Mute box. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "fidelco foster" wrote in message ... Windows XP Pro Thanks "JoAnn Paules" wrote: Turning off a microphone is less risky than messing with the BIOS. Are you using Windows XP or Vista? -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "fidelco foster" wrote in message ... Thank you. That is a new approach. I do not have a microphone. I may have speech recognition (tied in to a microphone?) which someone mentioned but if I do, I did not enable it. If it is enabled, I don't know how to disable it. I know nothing about BIOS and hitting DEL while booting to bypass the touchpad on the laptop. I can visualize smoke pouring out of the machine if I tried that. Obviously, I am not tech savvy. I thought it might have something to do with the speed of the cursor as I type fast - cursor not being able to keep up? Anyway, I very much appreciate eveyone attempting to help. Fidelco Foster "JoAnn Paules" wrote: Try turning off your microphone. (Seriously. If the voice recognition is turned on, sounds/noises can be misinterpreted as commands.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "fidelco foster" wrote in message ... When I am typing a sentence in Word, half way through a sentence, the cursor will jump to a different place in the text. If I don't immediately notice it, I have to back off the misplaced letters, scroll down to where I was and continue typing. It is driving me nuts. I have Word 2007, and a laptop with a wireless mouse and keyboard therefore I am not brushing the touchpad with my fingers. Others have written about this and one suggestion was to disable the touchpad. I have gone to Control Panel and cannot find any place to disable the touchpad. Another thought was to disable the Speech Recognition which I don't find either. I don't know whether it is enabled or not. I have a Dell Inspiron E 1505 laptop. Thanks for any help you might offer. Fidelco Foster |
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My laptop has Vista so the commands will be different. Try contacting your
laptop's manufacturer and ask them how to disable the built-in microphone. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "fidelco foster" wrote in message ... Hi JoAnn: What I see in XP Pro is StartControl Panel Sounds and Audio DevicesVolumeDevice Volume Advanced - see Volume Control, Wave, SW Synth and CD player with options to mute each one or all (no microphone) Advanced Advanced Controls for Volume Control. No Microphone. I didn't want to mute my CD player and speakers so I left everything where it was. Thanks anyway. I appreciate your trying to help. Fidelco Foster "JoAnn Paules" wrote: It may vary but try this: (My system is running Vista so this was copied from a website I found) Start-Control Panel- Adjust the system volume - In the Device volume area in the middle of the Volume tab, click on Advanced. I know, I know, it looks like you are adjusting speaker volume, but go ahead and do it. If the microphone doesn't show up as one of the devices, select the menu item Options-Properties and put a check in the Microphone box. In the microphone sub-panel, put a check in the Mute box. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "fidelco foster" wrote in message ... Windows XP Pro Thanks "JoAnn Paules" wrote: Turning off a microphone is less risky than messing with the BIOS. Are you using Windows XP or Vista? -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "fidelco foster" wrote in message ... Thank you. That is a new approach. I do not have a microphone. I may have speech recognition (tied in to a microphone?) which someone mentioned but if I do, I did not enable it. If it is enabled, I don't know how to disable it. I know nothing about BIOS and hitting DEL while booting to bypass the touchpad on the laptop. I can visualize smoke pouring out of the machine if I tried that. Obviously, I am not tech savvy. I thought it might have something to do with the speed of the cursor as I type fast - cursor not being able to keep up? Anyway, I very much appreciate eveyone attempting to help. Fidelco Foster "JoAnn Paules" wrote: Try turning off your microphone. (Seriously. If the voice recognition is turned on, sounds/noises can be misinterpreted as commands.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "fidelco foster" wrote in message ... When I am typing a sentence in Word, half way through a sentence, the cursor will jump to a different place in the text. If I don't immediately notice it, I have to back off the misplaced letters, scroll down to where I was and continue typing. It is driving me nuts. I have Word 2007, and a laptop with a wireless mouse and keyboard therefore I am not brushing the touchpad with my fingers. Others have written about this and one suggestion was to disable the touchpad. I have gone to Control Panel and cannot find any place to disable the touchpad. Another thought was to disable the Speech Recognition which I don't find either. I don't know whether it is enabled or not. I have a Dell Inspiron E 1505 laptop. Thanks for any help you might offer. Fidelco Foster |
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I thought we had established there was no microphone? If there is no
microphone it cannot pick up sounds! The problem of jumping curors is almost always caused by an oversensitive touch pad responding to heavy handed keyboard use. It's the touch pad that needs to be disabled and a mouse used instead. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org JoAnn Paules wrote: My laptop has Vista so the commands will be different. Try contacting your laptop's manufacturer and ask them how to disable the built-in microphone. "fidelco foster" wrote in message ... Hi JoAnn: What I see in XP Pro is StartControl Panel Sounds and Audio DevicesVolumeDevice Volume Advanced - see Volume Control, Wave, SW Synth and CD player with options to mute each one or all (no microphone) Advanced Advanced Controls for Volume Control. No Microphone. I didn't want to mute my CD player and speakers so I left everything where it was. Thanks anyway. I appreciate your trying to help. Fidelco Foster "JoAnn Paules" wrote: It may vary but try this: (My system is running Vista so this was copied from a website I found) Start-Control Panel- Adjust the system volume - In the Device volume area in the middle of the Volume tab, click on Advanced. I know, I know, it looks like you are adjusting speaker volume, but go ahead and do it. If the microphone doesn't show up as one of the devices, select the menu item Options-Properties and put a check in the Microphone box. In the microphone sub-panel, put a check in the Mute box. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "fidelco foster" wrote in message ... Windows XP Pro Thanks "JoAnn Paules" wrote: Turning off a microphone is less risky than messing with the BIOS. Are you using Windows XP or Vista? -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "fidelco foster" wrote in message ... Thank you. That is a new approach. I do not have a microphone. I may have speech recognition (tied in to a microphone?) which someone mentioned but if I do, I did not enable it. If it is enabled, I don't know how to disable it. I know nothing about BIOS and hitting DEL while booting to bypass the touchpad on the laptop. I can visualize smoke pouring out of the machine if I tried that. Obviously, I am not tech savvy. I thought it might have something to do with the speed of the cursor as I type fast - cursor not being able to keep up? Anyway, I very much appreciate eveyone attempting to help. Fidelco Foster "JoAnn Paules" wrote: Try turning off your microphone. (Seriously. If the voice recognition is turned on, sounds/noises can be misinterpreted as commands.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "fidelco foster" wrote in message ... When I am typing a sentence in Word, half way through a sentence, the cursor will jump to a different place in the text. If I don't immediately notice it, I have to back off the misplaced letters, scroll down to where I was and continue typing. It is driving me nuts. I have Word 2007, and a laptop with a wireless mouse and keyboard therefore I am not brushing the touchpad with my fingers. Others have written about this and one suggestion was to disable the touchpad. I have gone to Control Panel and cannot find any place to disable the touchpad. Another thought was to disable the Speech Recognition which I don't find either. I don't know whether it is enabled or not. I have a Dell Inspiron E 1505 laptop. Thanks for any help you might offer. Fidelco Foster |
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It could have a built-in microphone, couldn't it? My laptop does but because
I have Vista, I can't tell if his settings and mine are the same. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... I thought we had established there was no microphone? If there is no microphone it cannot pick up sounds! The problem of jumping curors is almost always caused by an oversensitive touch pad responding to heavy handed keyboard use. It's the touch pad that needs to be disabled and a mouse used instead. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org JoAnn Paules wrote: My laptop has Vista so the commands will be different. Try contacting your laptop's manufacturer and ask them how to disable the built-in microphone. "fidelco foster" wrote in message ... Hi JoAnn: What I see in XP Pro is StartControl Panel Sounds and Audio DevicesVolumeDevice Volume Advanced - see Volume Control, Wave, SW Synth and CD player with options to mute each one or all (no microphone) Advanced Advanced Controls for Volume Control. No Microphone. I didn't want to mute my CD player and speakers so I left everything where it was. Thanks anyway. I appreciate your trying to help. Fidelco Foster "JoAnn Paules" wrote: It may vary but try this: (My system is running Vista so this was copied from a website I found) Start-Control Panel- Adjust the system volume - In the Device volume area in the middle of the Volume tab, click on Advanced. I know, I know, it looks like you are adjusting speaker volume, but go ahead and do it. If the microphone doesn't show up as one of the devices, select the menu item Options-Properties and put a check in the Microphone box. In the microphone sub-panel, put a check in the Mute box. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "fidelco foster" wrote in message ... Windows XP Pro Thanks "JoAnn Paules" wrote: Turning off a microphone is less risky than messing with the BIOS. Are you using Windows XP or Vista? -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "fidelco foster" wrote in message ... Thank you. That is a new approach. I do not have a microphone. I may have speech recognition (tied in to a microphone?) which someone mentioned but if I do, I did not enable it. If it is enabled, I don't know how to disable it. I know nothing about BIOS and hitting DEL while booting to bypass the touchpad on the laptop. I can visualize smoke pouring out of the machine if I tried that. Obviously, I am not tech savvy. I thought it might have something to do with the speed of the cursor as I type fast - cursor not being able to keep up? Anyway, I very much appreciate eveyone attempting to help. Fidelco Foster "JoAnn Paules" wrote: Try turning off your microphone. (Seriously. If the voice recognition is turned on, sounds/noises can be misinterpreted as commands.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "fidelco foster" wrote in message ... When I am typing a sentence in Word, half way through a sentence, the cursor will jump to a different place in the text. If I don't immediately notice it, I have to back off the misplaced letters, scroll down to where I was and continue typing. It is driving me nuts. I have Word 2007, and a laptop with a wireless mouse and keyboard therefore I am not brushing the touchpad with my fingers. Others have written about this and one suggestion was to disable the touchpad. I have gone to Control Panel and cannot find any place to disable the touchpad. Another thought was to disable the Speech Recognition which I don't find either. I don't know whether it is enabled or not. I have a Dell Inspiron E 1505 laptop. Thanks for any help you might offer. Fidelco Foster |
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Note that Dell has drivers for many laptop models that will disable the
touchpad when an external mouse is plugged in. It has been a lifesaver for me. (I *always* have a mouse plugged in.) Dan Graham Mayor wrote: I thought we had established there was no microphone? If there is no microphone it cannot pick up sounds! The problem of jumping curors is almost always caused by an oversensitive touch pad responding to heavy handed keyboard use. It's the touch pad that needs to be disabled and a mouse used instead. JoAnn Paules wrote: My laptop has Vista so the commands will be different. Try contacting your laptop's manufacturer and ask them how to disable the built-in microphone. "fidelco foster" wrote in message ... Hi JoAnn: What I see in XP Pro is StartControl Panel Sounds and Audio DevicesVolumeDevice Volume Advanced - see Volume Control, Wave, SW Synth and CD player with options to mute each one or all (no microphone) Advanced Advanced Controls for Volume Control. No Microphone. I didn't want to mute my CD player and speakers so I left everything where it was. Thanks anyway. I appreciate your trying to help. Fidelco Foster "JoAnn Paules" wrote: It may vary but try this: (My system is running Vista so this was copied from a website I found) Start-Control Panel- Adjust the system volume - In the Device volume area in the middle of the Volume tab, click on Advanced. I know, I know, it looks like you are adjusting speaker volume, but go ahead and do it. If the microphone doesn't show up as one of the devices, select the menu item Options-Properties and put a check in the Microphone box. In the microphone sub-panel, put a check in the Mute box. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "fidelco foster" wrote in message ... Windows XP Pro Thanks "JoAnn Paules" wrote: Turning off a microphone is less risky than messing with the BIOS. Are you using Windows XP or Vista? -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "fidelco foster" wrote in message ... Thank you. That is a new approach. I do not have a microphone. I may have speech recognition (tied in to a microphone?) which someone mentioned but if I do, I did not enable it. If it is enabled, I don't know how to disable it. I know nothing about BIOS and hitting DEL while booting to bypass the touchpad on the laptop. I can visualize smoke pouring out of the machine if I tried that. Obviously, I am not tech savvy. I thought it might have something to do with the speed of the cursor as I type fast - cursor not being able to keep up? Anyway, I very much appreciate eveyone attempting to help. Fidelco Foster "JoAnn Paules" wrote: Try turning off your microphone. (Seriously. If the voice recognition is turned on, sounds/noises can be misinterpreted as commands.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "fidelco foster" wrote in message ... When I am typing a sentence in Word, half way through a sentence, the cursor will jump to a different place in the text. If I don't immediately notice it, I have to back off the misplaced letters, scroll down to where I was and continue typing. It is driving me nuts. I have Word 2007, and a laptop with a wireless mouse and keyboard therefore I am not brushing the touchpad with my fingers. Others have written about this and one suggestion was to disable the touchpad. I have gone to Control Panel and cannot find any place to disable the touchpad. Another thought was to disable the Speech Recognition which I don't find either. I don't know whether it is enabled or not. I have a Dell Inspiron E 1505 laptop. Thanks for any help you might offer. Fidelco Foster |
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I'm having the same problem with a jumping cursor - but i'm nowhere near my
touchpad when i type. I have a new Inspiron 1525. Do you know if i plug in a mouse it would disable the touchpad? "Dan Freeman" wrote: Note that Dell has drivers for many laptop models that will disable the touchpad when an external mouse is plugged in. It has been a lifesaver for me. (I *always* have a mouse plugged in.) Dan Graham Mayor wrote: I thought we had established there was no microphone? If there is no microphone it cannot pick up sounds! The problem of jumping curors is almost always caused by an oversensitive touch pad responding to heavy handed keyboard use. It's the touch pad that needs to be disabled and a mouse used instead. JoAnn Paules wrote: My laptop has Vista so the commands will be different. Try contacting your laptop's manufacturer and ask them how to disable the built-in microphone. "fidelco foster" wrote in message ... Hi JoAnn: What I see in XP Pro is StartControl Panel Sounds and Audio DevicesVolumeDevice Volume Advanced - see Volume Control, Wave, SW Synth and CD player with options to mute each one or all (no microphone) Advanced Advanced Controls for Volume Control. No Microphone. I didn't want to mute my CD player and speakers so I left everything where it was. Thanks anyway. I appreciate your trying to help. Fidelco Foster "JoAnn Paules" wrote: It may vary but try this: (My system is running Vista so this was copied from a website I found) Start-Control Panel- Adjust the system volume - In the Device volume area in the middle of the Volume tab, click on Advanced. I know, I know, it looks like you are adjusting speaker volume, but go ahead and do it. If the microphone doesn't show up as one of the devices, select the menu item Options-Properties and put a check in the Microphone box. In the microphone sub-panel, put a check in the Mute box. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "fidelco foster" wrote in message ... Windows XP Pro Thanks "JoAnn Paules" wrote: Turning off a microphone is less risky than messing with the BIOS. Are you using Windows XP or Vista? -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "fidelco foster" wrote in message ... Thank you. That is a new approach. I do not have a microphone. I may have speech recognition (tied in to a microphone?) which someone mentioned but if I do, I did not enable it. If it is enabled, I don't know how to disable it. I know nothing about BIOS and hitting DEL while booting to bypass the touchpad on the laptop. I can visualize smoke pouring out of the machine if I tried that. Obviously, I am not tech savvy. I thought it might have something to do with the speed of the cursor as I type fast - cursor not being able to keep up? Anyway, I very much appreciate eveyone attempting to help. Fidelco Foster "JoAnn Paules" wrote: Try turning off your microphone. (Seriously. If the voice recognition is turned on, sounds/noises can be misinterpreted as commands.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "fidelco foster" wrote in message ... When I am typing a sentence in Word, half way through a sentence, the cursor will jump to a different place in the text. If I don't immediately notice it, I have to back off the misplaced letters, scroll down to where I was and continue typing. It is driving me nuts. I have Word 2007, and a laptop with a wireless mouse and keyboard therefore I am not brushing the touchpad with my fingers. Others have written about this and one suggestion was to disable the touchpad. I have gone to Control Panel and cannot find any place to disable the touchpad. Another thought was to disable the Speech Recognition which I don't find either. I don't know whether it is enabled or not. I have a Dell Inspiron E 1505 laptop. Thanks for any help you might offer. Fidelco Foster |
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jumping cursor
Nobody can say for sure.
But go to Control Panel-Mouse and see if there's a checkbox labeled "Disable Touch Pad/Stick when USB pointing device is present". You don't have to be exactly *on* the touch pad. I can tap an inch away from it and cause a click. :-( Dan Jena wrote: I'm having the same problem with a jumping cursor - but i'm nowhere near my touchpad when i type. I have a new Inspiron 1525. Do you know if i plug in a mouse it would disable the touchpad? "Dan Freeman" wrote: Note that Dell has drivers for many laptop models that will disable the touchpad when an external mouse is plugged in. It has been a lifesaver for me. (I *always* have a mouse plugged in.) Dan Graham Mayor wrote: I thought we had established there was no microphone? If there is no microphone it cannot pick up sounds! The problem of jumping curors is almost always caused by an oversensitive touch pad responding to heavy handed keyboard use. It's the touch pad that needs to be disabled and a mouse used instead. JoAnn Paules wrote: My laptop has Vista so the commands will be different. Try contacting your laptop's manufacturer and ask them how to disable the built-in microphone. "fidelco foster" wrote in message ... Hi JoAnn: What I see in XP Pro is StartControl Panel Sounds and Audio DevicesVolumeDevice Volume Advanced - see Volume Control, Wave, SW Synth and CD player with options to mute each one or all (no microphone) Advanced Advanced Controls for Volume Control. No Microphone. I didn't want to mute my CD player and speakers so I left everything where it was. Thanks anyway. I appreciate your trying to help. Fidelco Foster "JoAnn Paules" wrote: It may vary but try this: (My system is running Vista so this was copied from a website I found) Start-Control Panel- Adjust the system volume - In the Device volume area in the middle of the Volume tab, click on Advanced. I know, I know, it looks like you are adjusting speaker volume, but go ahead and do it. If the microphone doesn't show up as one of the devices, select the menu item Options-Properties and put a check in the Microphone box. In the microphone sub-panel, put a check in the Mute box. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "fidelco foster" wrote in message ... Windows XP Pro Thanks "JoAnn Paules" wrote: Turning off a microphone is less risky than messing with the BIOS. Are you using Windows XP or Vista? -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "fidelco foster" wrote in message ... Thank you. That is a new approach. I do not have a microphone. I may have speech recognition (tied in to a microphone?) which someone mentioned but if I do, I did not enable it. If it is enabled, I don't know how to disable it. I know nothing about BIOS and hitting DEL while booting to bypass the touchpad on the laptop. I can visualize smoke pouring out of the machine if I tried that. Obviously, I am not tech savvy. I thought it might have something to do with the speed of the cursor as I type fast - cursor not being able to keep up? Anyway, I very much appreciate eveyone attempting to help. Fidelco Foster "JoAnn Paules" wrote: Try turning off your microphone. (Seriously. If the voice recognition is turned on, sounds/noises can be misinterpreted as commands.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "fidelco foster" wrote in message ... When I am typing a sentence in Word, half way through a sentence, the cursor will jump to a different place in the text. If I don't immediately notice it, I have to back off the misplaced letters, scroll down to where I was and continue typing. It is driving me nuts. I have Word 2007, and a laptop with a wireless mouse and keyboard therefore I am not brushing the touchpad with my fingers. Others have written about this and one suggestion was to disable the touchpad. I have gone to Control Panel and cannot find any place to disable the touchpad. Another thought was to disable the Speech Recognition which I don't find either. I don't know whether it is enabled or not. I have a Dell Inspiron E 1505 laptop. Thanks for any help you might offer. Fidelco Foster |
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