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    Jumping cursor

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by jhmil, Jan 10, 2012.

  1. jhmil

    jhmil Newbie

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    I have a Sony Vaio VGN-FZ221E Laptop running Vista. Every time that I type in MS Word 2007 or MS Mail, the cursor jumps from the line being typed to another line or even to a subjest heading. Any ideas as to how to cure this problem would be gratefully received. jhmil.
     
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  2. psyang

    psyang Notebook Consultant

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    Could be your hands are brushing against the trackpad as you type. Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with the F, but there's no easy way of disabling the Z's trackpad - hopefully not the case with the F? Every other laptop I've had in the last 6 years had a simple hotkey to do this.

    Hmmm. A quick search shows that there might not be a hotkey: Disable trackpad on Vaio F

    If you use an external mouse, it's not so bad to disable the trackpad once and forget about it...until your mouse stops working or is lost. Then it's a bit of a pain :)

    -Peter
     
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  3. Fishon

    Fishon I Will Close You

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    Fishon, Jan 10, 2012
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