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I purchased the new Office 2013 to work with the Windows 8 that came with my newly purchased computer (Lenovo.)
The issues is, which has been driving me crazy over the past two months, when typing on the Word 2013, my cursor keeps jumping around on the page. For example, in the middle of my typing a sentence, the cursor would jump to three lines above in the middle of a word and continues the my input there. Whenever I see my writing in word is not changing while I definitely was typing, I will have to stop and started to examine where the words have went. After I find them five or whatever lines above, I will have to delete them, use the mouse to click the end of the writing again and trying to retype and continue to type.
I can swallow the problem if it only happens once each document, but it happens 10+ times when I type a two-page essay. I don't think the newly developed software is making my life easier but the opposite.
Does this happen to anybody else? Any clues of why or any suggestions, please?
Thanks!
P.s., please note that besides the letter keys I hit on the keyboard, I did not hit on any other keys such as arrow keys. Especially knowing my cursor jumps around, I am extremely careful with hitting my keys. I do not touch the mouse pad, neither.
P.s., besides jumping to other places and start insert words, sometimes the cursor would select/highlight a line or half line. If I was not aware of the change and hit a space, the whole selected lines are gone. See, I didn't know how to select lines besides using the mouse, and I did not use the mouse but simply typing, so I am very frustrated with what my cursor does to me.
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The issue is due to the touch pad sensitivity. You can reduce or disable the sensitivity of touch pad from control panel-> mouse -> mouse properties. If issue still persists, check with an external keyboard.
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Yes, it's very irritating. I have the same problem. I've got a brand new ASUS laptop. It had 8.1 and it's been updated to 10 now. My cursor moves every other line or so. You have to keep you eyes on the text permanently or it will delete lines and add half words in the middle of previously written sentences.
Not only that but since upgrading to 10, the sound has now gone terrible. I've searched for answers, there aren't any. I now hate windows and I will be converting to Apple. By the way this laptop is top of the range.
I am exasperated with it.
Windows 10 is not user friendly at all. Why they spend so much time and money "improving" things but make them worse.
I also don't like Microsoft Edge either.
The forum's great but what are Microsoft actually doing to fix all these problems? Why don't they just give people the option to back to e.g. XP? And support that?
People are going to turn off WIndows and Microsoft will go down the drain.
The problem with the sound certainly points to a driver issue. Go to the manufacturer's web site and look for the most recent drivers designed for Windows 10.
It's off-topic here, of course, but since you mention Microsoft Edge, note that you don't have to use it. Internet Explorer 11 can be used, or you can install a third-party browser if you wish.
Yes, it's very irritating. I have the same problem. I've got a brand new ASUS laptop. It had 8.1 and it's been updated to 10 now. My cursor moves every other line or so. You have to keep you eyes on the text permanently or it will delete lines and add half words in the middle of previously written sentences.
Not only that but since upgrading to 10, the sound has now gone terrible. I've searched for answers, there aren't any. I now hate windows and I will be converting to Apple. By the way this laptop is top of the range.
I am exasperated with it.
Windows 10 is not user friendly at all. Why they spend so much time and money "improving" things but make them worse.
I also don't like Microsoft Edge either.
The forum's great but what are Microsoft actually doing to fix all these problems? Why don't they just give people the option to back to e.g. XP? And support that?
People are going to turn off WIndows and Microsoft will go down the drain.
The sound issue sounds like a driver issue, but going back to XP is a mistake. Windows 7 is the oldest one you should consider going back to. On a side note, if you are ready to move to a decent operating system, you should give Linux Mint a try http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2863 (make sure you get the 64bit iso) it's easy to get started with and will at least get you some good use out of that new hardware. If you do get used to using Linux Mint, it will also make it easier to switch to a Mac later if you choose to drop that much cash, though most people I've seen just stick with Linux after switching from Win8/10.
The problem with the sound certainly points to a driver issue. Go to the manufacturer's web site and look for the most recent drivers designed for Windows 10.
It's off-topic here, of course, but since you mention Microsoft Edge, note that you don't have to use it. Internet Explorer 11 can be used, or you can install a third-party browser if you wish.
Yes, thank you. I have had a look. There aren't any.?
I've got a:
"N550JK Entertainment laptops with unparalleled quad-speaker sound and a striking Full HD IPS display
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And the sound was good and now, I just want to cry. I think what I'll have to do is uninstall Windows 10. My partner bought this laptop for me so I could do more than just browse the internet. I want to use it for my music, I write songs and I want to use it for recording and editing etc. With diabolical sound that is just not feasible. I also want to write a book, but that's not easy with a jumping jack cursor. I feel like sending it back but can I - if it's the operating system that is really the problem?
Thanks.