[P1] Subject: OT-- [P1] new ibooks... any better re warping & screen marks??

[Joe Jones]

I know what this is - you're hitting the "up" key sometimes when you're 
pressing shift for capitals. I do this all the time - shift+up 
highlights a block of text, specifically backwards from the point of 
the cursor upto the same column that the cursor is on, but on the 
previous line (have a press and see what I mean).

Of course, I then hit my letter to get the capital I was going for, but 
it deletes all the highlighted text in doing so.

I do it a couple of times a week, especially when I'm a bit tired.

Joe
On Tuesday, Jul 8, 2003, at 10:18 Europe/London, Joost van de Griek 
wrote:

> On 2003-07-08 08:55, e.mkeene wrote:
>
>> When I type on the ibook, something weird happens at times. Without
>> knowing how and not always being able to catch it in time, a section 
>> of
>> message will get highlighted and when I hit the return key for a new
>> paragraph, the section gets deleted. It seems to happen most or only
>> associated with the return key. It is not the ibook, it is something
>> my fingers are doing inadvertently and I can't quite catch the
>> sequence. It creates some unusual messages. I try to remember to proof
>> first just in case but last night forgot to do that 8?)
>
> Are your thumbs by any chance touching the trackpad while typing? In 
> System
> preferences, check the "Ignore trackpad while typing" box in the Mouse
> pref-pane.
>
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