Re: Zooming in

2013-05-13 Thread johnny smith
out how to avoid it. Is there any way I can disable this feature? It drives me crazy. (It happens with other programs too.) ctrl + mouse wheel up/down is a common way of zooming in/out in many apps. it may be your case too, since touchpads usually possess a substitution for a wheel either at

Re: Zooming in

2013-05-08 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Wed, 8 May 2013 10:18:56 -0700 "Dennis E. Hamilton" wrote: > Some touchpads are sensitive to side pressure. > > So if you rest the heal of your hand on the laptop surface near the touchpad, > it might determine there is some touchpad contact that you don't intend. > > Also, some touchpad

RE: Zooming in

2013-05-08 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
apache.org Subject: Re: Zooming in I've had the zooming problem before, too, but only with LyX, not OO. I've noticed it happens when I drag my finger along the touchpad in just the right direction at just the right place. But, I've had a very hard time trying to duplicate it, an

Re: Zooming in

2013-05-08 Thread Rob Weir
On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 10:07 PM, Patricia Hickin wrote: > My computer zooms in on OpenOffice (and other) screens without my telling > it to. > (I have a laptop with touchpad). I know it has something to do with the > way I'm using my fingers on the touchpad but I can't quite figure out how > to a

Re: Zooming in

2013-05-08 Thread James Knott
Patricia Hickin wrote: Well, I use my laptop*only* on my lap! Are you saying there's no way to modify the program -- that seems unbelievable to me!! If it happens with other applications too, then it's likely the operating system and not OO that's doing it. I have never seen such behaviour,

Re: Zooming in

2013-05-08 Thread Virgil Arrington
ue. Virgil -Original Message- From: Felmon Davis Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 2:12 AM To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: Zooming in On Wed, 8 May 2013, Dale Erwin wrote: I have the same problem. It used to be much worse, but I found a setting in the mouse/touchpad driver

Re: Zooming in

2013-05-07 Thread Felmon Davis
On Wed, 8 May 2013, Dale Erwin wrote: I have the same problem. It used to be much worse, but I found a setting in the mouse/touchpad driver that disables the touchpad whenever another pointing device is plugged in. After bootup is complete, I now get a message on my desktop that the touchpad

Re: Zooming in

2013-05-07 Thread Dale Erwin
I have the same problem. It used to be much worse, but I found a setting in the mouse/touchpad driver that disables the touchpad whenever another pointing device is plugged in. After bootup is complete, I now get a message on my desktop that the touchpad has been disabled. However, the mouse

Re: Zooming in

2013-05-07 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2013-05-07 10:38 PM Patricia Hickin wrote: Well, I use my laptop *only* on my lap! Are you saying there's no way to modify the program -- that seems unbelievable to me!! You said "It happens with other programs too." That indicates it is a setting on your computer, not an OpenOffice problem

Re: Zooming in

2013-05-07 Thread Doug
On 05/08/2013 12:38 AM, Patricia Hickin wrote: Well, I use my laptop *only* on my lap! Are you saying there's no way to modify the program -- that seems unbelievable to me!! Pat I didn't say that. But I don't know how. --doug On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 11:01 PM, Doug wrote: On 05/07/2013 10:

Re: Zooming in

2013-05-07 Thread Patricia Hickin
Well, I use my laptop *only* on my lap! Are you saying there's no way to modify the program -- that seems unbelievable to me!! Pat On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 11:01 PM, Doug wrote: > On 05/07/2013 10:07 PM, Patricia Hickin wrote: > >> My computer zooms in on OpenOffice (and other) screens without

Re: Zooming in

2013-05-07 Thread Doug
On 05/07/2013 10:07 PM, Patricia Hickin wrote: My computer zooms in on OpenOffice (and other) screens without my telling it to. (I have a laptop with touchpad). I know it has something to do with the way I'm using my fingers on the touchpad but I can't quite figure out how to avoid it. Is there

Zooming in

2013-05-07 Thread Patricia Hickin
My computer zooms in on OpenOffice (and other) screens without my telling it to. (I have a laptop with touchpad). I know it has something to do with the way I'm using my fingers on the touchpad but I can't quite figure out how to avoid it. Is there any way I can disable this feature? It drives m