Re: Odd behavior in Writer

2013-01-03 Thread Doug
On 01/03/2013 04:14 PM, Brian Barker wrote: At 21:54 03/01/2013 +0100, M Henri Day wrote: On 12/26/2012 9:33 AM, Dale Erwin wrote: I have recently [...] acquired a new laptop ... When I am in the midst of editing a file, the cursor will jump from its position to some other seemingly random pos

Re: Odd behavior in Writer

2013-01-03 Thread Brian Barker
At 21:54 03/01/2013 +0100, M Henri Day wrote: On 12/26/2012 9:33 AM, Dale Erwin wrote: I have recently [...] acquired a new laptop ... When I am in the midst of editing a file, the cursor will jump from its position to some other seemingly random position with no warning... Touch pads can be

Re: Odd behavior in Writer

2013-01-03 Thread M Henri Day
2013/1/2 Frank Miller > You didn't mention the brand of laptop, but my new (to me) 17" ASUS > laptop does that all the time. I added a Logitech wireless keyboard with > an integrated touchpad located on the side of the keys instead of below > them, and the problems have gone away. > > On Wed, 201

Re: Odd behavior in Writer

2013-01-02 Thread Frank Miller
You didn't mention the brand of laptop, but my new (to me) 17" ASUS laptop does that all the time. I added a Logitech wireless keyboard with an integrated touchpad located on the side of the keys instead of below them, and the problems have gone away. On Wed, 2013-01-02 at 10:10 -0800, Larry wrote

Re: Odd behavior in Writer

2013-01-02 Thread Larry
On 12/26/2012 9:33 AM, Dale Erwin wrote: I have recently (last October) acquired a new laptop and got rid of my desktop. It's a Dell with Intel quad-core processor, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD running Win 7 Home Premium. I believe that when I installed OpenOffice on this machine it was the first time I

Re: Odd behavior in Writer

2012-12-27 Thread John Hart
On 12/27/2012 10:29 AM, Dale Erwin wrote: Yes, when I turned on my laptop this morning, the touchpad was turned ON again so it looks as though I will just have to include that step in my routine for starting up each session. And turning the touchpad off does seem to have cured the problems I w

Re: Odd behavior in Writer

2012-12-27 Thread Dale Erwin
amilton Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2012 1:14 PM To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: RE: Odd behavior in Writer My experience is that if the hand is resting on the laptop surface, the touchpad can detect pressure on the case as movement. The symptoms are exactly as described. Try worki

Re: Odd behavior in Writer

2012-12-26 Thread Rory O'Farrell
tapping feature > >> of the touchpad, so that you have to actually click the touchpad > >> buttons. I don't really like this solution as I find the touchpad tap > >> feature useful (when I actually want it.) > >> > >> Virgil > >> > >> ---

Re: Odd behavior in Writer

2012-12-26 Thread Dale Erwin
nnis E. Hamilton Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2012 1:14 PM To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: RE: Odd behavior in Writer My experience is that if the hand is resting on the laptop surface, the touchpad can detect pressure on the case as movement. The symptoms are exactly as described. Try w

Re: Odd behavior in Writer

2012-12-26 Thread Dale Erwin
inal Message- From: Dennis E. Hamilton Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2012 1:14 PM To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: RE: Odd behavior in Writer My experience is that if the hand is resting on the laptop surface, the touchpad can detect pressure on the case as movement. The symptoms a

Re: Odd behavior in Writer

2012-12-26 Thread VA
I find the touchpad tap feature useful (when I actually want it.) Virgil -Original Message- From: Dennis E. Hamilton Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2012 1:14 PM To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: RE: Odd behavior in Writer My experience is that if the hand is resting on the laptop su

RE: Odd behavior in Writer

2012-12-26 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
ivate the touchpad from side pressure responses. (It removes one hand from resting on the laptop case though [;<). - Dennis -Original Message- From: Rory O'Farrell [mailto:ofarr...@iol.ie] Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2012 09:42 To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: Od

Re: Odd behavior in Writer

2012-12-26 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Wed, 26 Dec 2012 12:33:04 -0500 Dale Erwin wrote: > I have recently (last October) acquired a new laptop and got rid of my > desktop. It's a Dell with Intel quad-core processor, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD > running Win 7 Home Premium. I believe that when I installed OpenOffice > on this machine it

Odd behavior in Writer

2012-12-26 Thread Dale Erwin
I have recently (last October) acquired a new laptop and got rid of my desktop. It's a Dell with Intel quad-core processor, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD running Win 7 Home Premium. I believe that when I installed OpenOffice on this machine it was the first time I had used version 3.4.1. I think my deskt