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 was having... except for the automatic
changing of font size in the Firefox editor. That one is still bugging
me... but that is a topic for another forum.
Dale Erwin
Jr. 28 de Julio 657, Depto. 03
Magdalena del Mar, Lima 17 PERU
http://leather.casaerwin.org
On 12/27/2012 12:40 AM, Rory O'Farrell wrote:
On Wed, 26 Dec 2012 19:44:50 -0500
Dale Erwin <d...@casaerwin.org> wrote:
Well, it seems that the touchpad was not disabled after all. Maybe it
has to be done each time I turn the thing on. I also have noticed now
(didn't notice it before) that when the touchpad is tuned OFF, a small
led lights up above it, so that should be a good indicator for me. I
sure hope this solves the problem because I've been tearing my hair out
(and I can't afford to lose any more of that).
Dale Erwin
Jr. 28 de Julio 657, Depto. 03
Magdalena del Mar, Lima 17 PERU
http://leather.casaerwin.org
On 12/26/2012 7:22 PM, Dale Erwin wrote:
Rory and Dennis and Virgil, thanks but...
I had a laptop before but I did not use it much. It was (and still
is) my wife's machine) so I learned a long time ago that I can't
tolerate the touchpad. Since the first day I got this new laptop, I
have been using a USB mouse and have the touchpad disabled. However,
now that I read so many similar reports, I've been deliberately trying
to make the cursor move with the touchpad and it seems like it does
still move the cursor around.
This just might be a deal breaker. I also find that when typing
messages here in this Firefox editor that the font size just changes
all by itself while I'm typing.
Dale Erwin
Jr. 28 de Julio 657, Depto. 03
Magdalena del Mar, Lima 17 PERU
http://leather.casaerwin.org
On 12/26/2012 2:59 PM, VA wrote:
I feel confident that your touchpad is the culprit.
Sometimes, my touchpad will sense the slightest brush of my thumb.
Sometimes, if I even slightly move my thumb over the pad, it will
actually highlight text and as soon as I type another letter, it will
replace all the selected text with my next letter. I then have to hit
Ctrl-z to undo my mistake.
If you haven't used a laptop with touchpad before, it can be quite
annoying.
I have found two ways to deal with it. First, before typing, use the
touchpad to move the cursor arrow to a benign area of the screen,
such as a blank area in the toolbar or menu bar. Then continue
typing. If you brush the touchpad, nothing will happen.
Also, in your computer settings, you can turn off the 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
-----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 surface,
the touchpad can detect pressure on the case as movement. The
symptoms are exactly as described.
Try working with the hands not resting/pressing on the case. The USB
mouse is still a good idea, although it doesn't deactivate 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: Odd behavior in Writer
On Wed, 26 Dec 2012 12:33:04 -0500
Dale Erwin <d...@casaerwin.org> 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 had used version 3.4.1. I think
my desktop had 3.3 on it but I can't swear to that. The reason I
mention this, is that I'm not sure which is to blame for this
behaviour,
OOo or the new laptop.
I am editing my book manuscript which has a master file and over 50
individual chapter files. Anyway, this is what is happening: When I am
in the midst of editing a file, the cursor will jump from it's position
to some other seemingly random position with no warning... even if my
hands are not touching it, so I know it is not something I am doing by
accident and not noticing.
Also, I keep all the files set at View -> Zoom -> Variable 120%. For
no apparent reason, with no input from me, the size will change or the
file will shift position in the window.Sometimes it does both at the
same time.
This is very, very, very irritating.
--
Dale Erwin,
Such behaviour was reported on the Forum when AOO 3.4 first came out
(or else OOo 3.3 - I'm not certain). It appeared as if it might have
been due to inadvertent contact with the touchpad; as a temporary
solution I suggest plugging in a USB mouse and covering the touchpad
with a piece of heavy card, taped on, card thick enough to mask any
touchpad contact. This ought quickly establish if the culprit is the
touchpad; if so, then you might adjust its settings to render it less
sensitive. In doing this temporary masking, you haven't altered any
settings, simply physically masked off the touchpad.
I found this article which may help:
http://www.aboutonlinetips.com/how-to-disable-touch-pad-in-laptop/
but I think it is really a matter of getting used to its presence.
While I have a laptop and netbook, used mostly for presentations and writing
while away from home, my own preference is for desktop machine(s) for serious
work.
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