Really strange happenings

[Sentosa]

I am evaluating Atlantis, latest beta, for use on a Dell Inspron using WinXP. Also using the touch pad.
I use the TouchPad in place of a normal mouse.
I use RTF as my default file format.

This is what happens: I work on editing a file by making corrections, adding text, deleting text, and copying and pasting. All normal things.

Without any warning, I find that in the middle of the above actions, the cursor randomly jumps to another position on the page. Part of what I am typing remains in the original cursor position, while the remainder ends up in the "new" cursor position. This happens regularly and repeatedly.

Initially, I thought the problem might lie with the Notebook. I reinstalled the operating system and utilities. I reinstalled Atlantis. Unfortunately the problem persists.

Still believing the problem might be Notebook related, I decided to check further. I installed a copy of WordPerfect 12. I opened several of the files with which I have had the problems described above. I also created new files. The problem of random cursor movement is not replicated in WordPerfect.

So, nothing daunted, I opened MS Word 2002 (10.4030.2625) and ran the same checks. The problem of random cursor movement is not replicated in MS Word.

Any comments or suggestions?

[Robert]

Hi Sentosa,
This isn’t really specific to Atlantis. It often happens with MS Word 2007+ too. Actually, it is a common problem with touchpads. In some cases the touchpad is so sensitive that typing causes it to relocate the cursor. This is definitely a problem with the touchpad sensitivity. Try turning down your touchpad sensitivity, or switching it off altogether when you are typing. You could also try updating your touchpad driver.
Please, have a look at the following threads:
http://www.fixya.com/support/t211252-se ... _touch_pad
http://en.community.dell.com/support-fo ... itive.aspx
http://forums.cnet.com/7723-6129_102-297280.html
HTH.
Cheers,
Robert