Leaping Letters !

Malcmandy

:mad:
Advice please on why, when I am typing , the letters seem to leap into other words and lines. How can I persuade them to stay in their correct position ?

Thanks

DCFC79

Is this ms office word 07

DatabaseError

typing on a laptop? brushing the mousepad as you type, moving the cursor?

isofa

I suspect it's a laptop and trackpad issue as Tony mentions. Open up the Control Panel and Mouse or Trackpad settings and set to disable when typing...

Malcmandy

Thanx for replies. It is a Toshiba laptop, and occurs whenever I type. I don't do anything untoward, and don't use a mouse.

isofa

There as Tony and I mentioned, it's happening because you are brushing the trackpad when you type.

As per my original advice: open up either trackpad or mouse properties (tracking is classed as a mouse device) in the Control Panel and find the option to disable the trackpad whist typing, and click it...

Malcmandy

I,ve opened the mouse and keyboard in CP, but don't appear to have a disable typing setting.

isofa

Malcmandy wrote: »

I,ve opened the mouse and keyboard in CP, but don't appear to have a disable typing setting.

Clicked thanks rather than quote!

You might have a separate Trackpad / Touchpad control panel, it might be a tab under the Mouse control panel, or a separate one, different laptops have different software. There may even be an icon for it in the system tray, next to the clock (bottom right if on XP).

Try: Start>Control Panel>Mouse>Device Settings>Settings and see what is in there.

Malcmandy

There isn't a Device Settings in the tab.There is pointer options, but that just shows pointer speed, visability and snap to.

Malcmandy

Thanx for your help, and I will try the various options, and try to keep my hands away from the touchpad.

PasturesNew

imho touchpads have always been in a ridiculous place. It'd have made more sense if they were above the keyboard.