jumping cursor when typing

hbolinder · Newbie Joined: 29 May 2010 Posts: 1

Hello,

I have showed this problem to many people who haven't been able to figure it out so I am hoping someone out there might: After typing 2-3 words in an openoffice document, the cursor will jump randomly to another part of the document and continue with the typed text. How can I make it stop doing this. It slows my word processing down considerably and is very annoying!

Thanks for your help.

floris_v · Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 1:45 am Post subject:

That sounds insane. There's no way I can reproduce that. Can you upload a sample at for instance www.mediafire.com?
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RosaRugosa · Newbie Joined: 24 Feb 2011 Posts: 4

He's not insane. It's happening to me too. I'm using v3.2.1 in Windows 7.

One cannot "upload a sample" of a software bug.

floris_v · Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 8:42 am Post subject:

There might be something wrong with a document, or with your user profile, or with the installation of OOo.
Reset your user profile. Click here for help how to do that. If that doesn't help, maybe you should perform a repair install (run the install file, at some point it will ask what you want to do: a repair, a new install, and possibly more options that I have forgotten. It's also possible that you have another program running that interferes with OOo.
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BillP · Super User Joined: 07 Jan 2006 Posts: 2702

RosaRugosa · Newbie Joined: 24 Feb 2011 Posts: 4

Yes, more googling indicates it may be a Windows problem. I've only noticed it in OO, but that may be because I've been using OO more than anything else.

forcryinoutloud · Newbie Joined: 24 Feb 2011 Posts: 3

The same thing happens to me. I've only noticed it in Open Office, not in any of my other programs or browsers.

BillP · Super User Joined: 07 Jan 2006 Posts: 2702

SparrowSleepingFox · Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 1:50 pm Post subject:

I've had the same issue, but I have always attributed it to the touch pad mouse on my laptop. It seems to happen more frequently in Open Office though, and it ocassionally will jump even when i'm not touching or near the mouse touch pad. Suspect it's just a glitch to a hypersensitive touch pad.
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sososo · Newbie Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Posts: 2

This has nothing to do with OO. I formyself have the very same problem in MS Office as well as other applications and in online-windows. The issue is widely discussed in other forums - only, a solution doesn't seem to be around.

therabi · Super User Joined: 01 Sep 2010 Posts: 562

There is a very simple solution, but a cheap usb mouse an turn off the touch pad. Some brands of laptops can be set to turn off the touch pad when an external mouse is connected.
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sososo · Newbie Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Posts: 2

Turning off the touch pad is definitely not the solution - as it is alredy turned off...!

DDILL · Newbie Joined: 14 May 2012 Posts: 1

My wife had the 'jumping cursor' problem on her new Dell Inspiron N5050 - resolved after going to Control Panel >> Mouse >> Pointer Options and unchecking Enhance Pointer Precision.