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Jumping Cursor
Problem is related to typing characters from the keyboard, and occurs when working in the body of an Outlook Express or a Word document. The cursor unexpectly jumps from its current location (just after the last typed character) to another position in the document. At times it moves down in the document, sometimes up. It is never predictable where it might move. In an email document the cursor may wind up behind my signature, in the body, or in the "Subject" line. I recognize that I might be inadvertently depressing key combinations that cause the cursor to move. However I've never had this problem with any other software / hardware. And I've never seen this happen so consistently. My wife also has experienced this problem when using my laptop and she, as well, has no previous history with this happening. Thanks.
Mr. Frodo
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January 9th, 2004 15:00
Sorry....Dell Inspiron 5100, XP.
No voice recognition turned on, no mic on.
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LeeJ2day
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January 9th, 2004 23:00
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January 9th, 2004 23:00
abach
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January 10th, 2004 01:00
LeeJ2day
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January 10th, 2004 01:00
LeeJ2day
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January 10th, 2004 01:00
LeeJ2day
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January 10th, 2004 01:00
I received the wireless mouse with the new computer and installed it when setting up my computer. The problem exists even when I do not have the wireless mouse connected (it has an external antenna in the back).
Sometimes when I start the computer up, the cursor (not the insertion point), jumps all over the screen while it is waiting to load all the programs. The way to remedy the problem is to make an infrared connection between the mouse and antenna.
LeeJ2day
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January 10th, 2004 01:00
Thank you Mr. Bach.
It is the insertion point that is floating. (either that or the computer is possessed). I do not have voice recognition on my computer.
Lee Johnson
Tavares, Fl.
abach
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January 10th, 2004 01:00
abach
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January 10th, 2004 01:00
It's interesting that you both have Inspiron 5000 series laptops. When you mention the cursor, are you referring to the insertion point? I refer to the cursor as the mouse pointer, and the vertical line while typing as the insertion point.
I'd guess you're both referring to the insertion point. If so, are both using the touchpad, or does either of you use an external mouse?
Since you have the voice recognition turned off, I would look at the following:
Mouse driver
Graphics card driver
Sound Card driver
Also, do you have a printer connected to your laptop? Let me know, as I would like to help you solve this.
LeeJ2day
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January 10th, 2004 01:00
abach
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January 10th, 2004 01:00
LeeJ2day
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January 10th, 2004 01:00
No printer connected to the laptop. I use a wireless connection to my desktop computer to send print jobs.
Thank you for your interest, and help, in this matter.
Lee J.
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January 10th, 2004 02:00
Good question. I remember closing the language bar when I first installed Word. I'll have to look this up, as I am not a user of any speech recognition items.