Re: curser moves text
- From: "Larry" <Larry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 09:28:03 -0700
Yes, its a laptop with a touchpad.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
> The cursor and the insertion point are the same thing. The mouse pointer is
> something different, and there may well be a setting in your mouse software
> (Control Panel | Mouse) to hide the pointer (not move it out of the way)
> when typing, but that doesn't sound like the issue here. Is this a laptop?
> Does it have a touchpad?
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
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> "Larry" <Larry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:692B176C-B2DE-431B-9F08-AE9247245EE5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > I do know the difference between curser and insert and Im convinced that
> it
> > has to be a setting. I know in wordperfect (if you will pardon the
> > expression) there is a setting asking whether you would like to have the
> > curser move out of the way when you type. But I cant find any sort of a
> > setting like that in Word.
> >
> > It performs too consistantly to be a bug and I would be willing to
> uninstall
> > and reinstall but Im not convinced that it wont be there again. It has
> been
> > present for a long time, I honestly cant remember if it dates from the
> > original install. I simply wasnt typing enough to have it be a big hassle,
> > now it is.
> > Larry
> >
> > "Jay Freedman" wrote:
> >
> > > On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 19:48:49 +0300, "Opinicus" <gezgin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >"Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
> > > >
> > > >> <Larry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>>When I move the curser toward text it moves the text out
> > > >>>of the way, or the
> > > >>>curser jumps up a line so I can see better. This is
> > > >>>driving me nuts,
> > > >>>espeically when it pushes text down to another page. Im
> > > >>>sure there is a way
> > > >>>to turn off this cuser behavior, but I cant find it. Can
> > > >>>anyone help?
> > > >
> > > >> How are you moving the cursor? If you're pressing the
> > > >> space bar, DON'T
> > > >> DO THAT! Use the arrow keys, or the Page Up/Down keys or
> > > >> the Home and
> > > >> End keys.
> > > >
> > > >That's a very ingenious diagnosis, Jay. But I still can't
> > > >figure out the part about the cursor jumping *up* a line.
> > >
> > > OK, ingenious but wrong... ;-)
> > >
> > > --
> > > Regards,
> > > Jay Freedman
> > > Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
> > >
>
>
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