Hi Fishy

Laptop? Touchpad? Thumb grazing the touchpad? That's the most common cause
of the jumping cursor.

Try Control Panel to make the touchpad less sensitive, or, if you don't use
it, disable it.

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word


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All ofa sudden, the I-beam shaped insertion point has become jumpy.
Makes it hard to select the correct portion of text. I'm using Word
2000. Don't know what's caused this. Would appreciate suggestions
for a fix.

Only happens in Word 2000.

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