cursor jumps in OpenOffice

Asked by Richard Mika

I have a notorious problem with cursor jumping when creating an .odt file in Open Office 3.2 (Ubuntu 10.04).
It jumps mostly 2 lines above or to the end of text. It is a real nightmare.

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Tony Pursell (ajpursell) said :
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Richard

Are using a mouse or a trackpad?

Tony

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Richard Mika (richardmika5) said :
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mouse

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Richard Mika (richardmika5) said :
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It appears in OpenOffice when you type or create .odt file. For example you
end typing a word hit space and you have to look where the cursor is.
Most often it jumps 2 lines above or to the end of the file when you you're
in the middle.

This can be Ubuntu 10.04 keyboard bug. I use Compaq Presario R3200 Athlon 32
bit computer with dual boot WinXP.

On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Richard Mika <
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> Your question #169040 on openoffice.org in Ubuntu changed:
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> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+question/169040
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> Status: Needs information => Open
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> You gave more information on the question:
> mouse
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> On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 6:15 AM, Tony Pursell <
> <email address hidden>> wrote:
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> > Your question #169040 on openoffice.org in Ubuntu changed:
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> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+question/169040
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> > Status: Open => Needs information
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> > Tony Pursell requested more information:
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> > Are using a mouse or a trackpad?
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Tony Pursell (ajpursell) said :
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Hi Richard

Try going to the Mouse preferences (I think it's in System > Preferences but as I use 11.04 with Unity I cannot be sure its not in Admin) and on the Touchpad tab, check 'Disable touchpad while typing' and uncheck 'Enable mouse clicks with touchpad'.

See if that cures your problem.

Tony

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