Text scrolls even when I don't touch the scroll bar. Office 2003.

[NickR]

When I touch the touch pad on my notebook, I intermittently experience
scrolling even when the arrow is pointing at text. A small rectangle apears
below the arrow with + and - indicated, and the scrolling is in the
corresponding direction. This is also happening in Explorer as I write but
does not happen in, say, Windows Notebook. I am using Office 2003 on Vista
Home Basic.

 

[Beth Melton]

It sounds like your touch pad has scrolling enabled. Check your Mouse
Properties in the Control Panel and see if scrolling can be disabled and/or
decrease the sensitivity. Most have this option but it depends on your touch
pad/computer.

Personally, I love the ability to use the touch pad to scroll since I don't
use a wheel mouse. If you can determine what you are doing exactly to start
scrolling (chances are you are near the right edge or bottom of the touch
pad - these are typically the scrolling zones) you might find you prefer it
too.

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assistance by email cannot be acknowledged.

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[Emily]

I have a similar problem except that my touch pad won't scroll. I looked
under Mouse properties but there is nothing that enables/disables this
function or adjusts the sensitivity. Is there anywhere else that I might be
able to fix this? I am running Windows Vista.

 

[Graham Mayor]

See if there's a 'mouse' driver upgrade available that does provide these
functions.

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