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Using a Dell Computer. Using Word 2007.

When I start typing my cursor sometimes jumps to a different location in the document. I type the new input and data goes to the wrong spot in my document.

Do you know what could fix this problem???

Thanks in Advance!!

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Chuck,

You didn’t specify if your computer was a Laptop or not but if it is could you be dragging your finger/palm, ect. across the touch pad?

:cheers:

May the Forces of good computing be with you!

RG

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You might have a bad mouse. Try getting a new mouse.

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with Windows 10 running in a remote session on my file server

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I’m using a Dell Laptop.

Also, a wireless mouse. Could the batteries be the problem???

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Chuck,

Did you disable the touchpad? I was having that same problem until I did as I also use a wireless mouse. :cheers:

May the Forces of good computing be with you!

RG

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Chuck,

Did you disable the touchpad? I was having that same problem until I did as I also use a wireless mouse. :cheers:

There might be a setting in the Control Panel Mouse applet that will disable the touchpad when an external mouse is plugged in. Depends on the touchpad driver.

Jerry

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Chuck,

Did you disable the touchpad? I was having that same problem until I did as I also use a wireless mouse. :cheers:

Thanks Browni, I have 3 computers in my “Man Cave” my WIN 8 Machine started the wiggley mouse so I searched and found some fixes tried them did not work. So I was on my gaming Machine a Win 7 operating system and got a wiggly mouse and looked and found the fix right here. My Apple IPhone in it’s charger sitting between the Machines. I moved the phone and no more wiggly mouses’. Thanks Browni

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Chuck,

Do you have a mobile phone near your mouse or it’s receiver?

I’ve had similar in the past and now make a point of keeping them as far apart as is practicable.

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Did you by chance set some food nearby? Maybe it is jumping towards that?….. LOL

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Did you by chance set some food nearby? Maybe it is jumping towards that?….. LOL

That sounds kind of “cheesy” to me.;)

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Another cause of wierd cursor movements and/or random characters is if you have accidentally switched on the ‘voice activated’ function without realising it

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Try a different mousing surface (for instance an unworn mousepad if you have one). Different mouses are finicky about surfaces of particular textures etc.

A hair up the mouse can cause just the type of jumping you mention. Buy some canned air from an electronics store (it’s cheap) and squirt it up the mouse’s bottom hole a few times (it won’t complain). If your mouse is out of warranty you might want to pull it apart and give it a thorough internal clean – this often involves carefully prising off the teflon pads underneath to get to the screws, and gluing the pads back on afterwards.

It’s also possible you’re accidentally hitting the Ctl, Alt or Windows keys occasionally while typing, causing keycodes which are shortcuts to some Microsoft Word document positioning command.

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I have exactly the same problem, also with a Dell laptop running Windows 7. I have the same problem on my daughter’s Dell All-in-one running Windows 7 (no touchpad but it is a touchscreen). It is worse than annoying because it leads to major errors for me, a hunt-and-peck eyes-on-keyboard typist.

I have tried turning off the touchpad. No help there. I think it is sloppy keyboarding and a super-sensitive Dell keyboard. The function key may be the culprit…or maybe the CTRL key. It acts sometimes as though Control-A has been pressed and it starts inserting wherever the mouse cursor happens to be. I’m experimenting with changing various settings to see if I can damp the keyboard but haven’t succeeded yet. Too little sensitivity and it misses letters. I’m also consciously positioning the mouse cursor well away from what I am working on at the moment when typing text.

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Chuck,

Just had a thought. You might try turning off the Click to Type option under File Tab->Options->Advanced. Of course, I’m assuming that this problem is in MS Word? :cheers:

May the Forces of good computing be with you!

RG

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Often the Touchpads are so sensitive that vibrations from the keyboard are sufficient to cause movement. Just brushing the Touchpad with a cuff can also do the same. As the others have said, if you go to the Control Panel, Mouse app there should be a setting to permanently disable the Touchpad. Failing that, you should certainly be able to go to the Touchpad settings and desensitise the pad.

You should also be able to go into the Hardware Manager and disable the Touchpad if the Control Panel doesn’t give you this option. There is usually a Function key on the laptop for disabling the Touchpad, but it isn’t usually permanent and when you next boot up the pad will be active again.

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Set up the typing program which usually messes up. let it sit idle and see how often it moves by itself. now wrap the mousr in tinfoil and see if the mivement stops or not, remove a battery and see if it move again. wraping in tinfoil check for Electro magnetic Interference nearby. if it moves with the battery removed the problem is in the PC not the mouse. Check inside for loose connections. reseat all plugable devices inside.

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