On Tue, 2006-06-27 at 18:38 +0000, Barrie Backhurst wrote: > On Tue, 2006-06-27 at 12:09 -0500, Dan Lewis wrote: > > On Tuesday June 27 2006 01:23 am, Kaiser, Hans wrote: > > > > It seems to me that even with OOo, there can be no accidental > > > > changes made in the headers or footers. A person had to click within > > > > either one to make any changes. Otherwise, the cursor never enters > > > > them when text is being added to the document. It just may be that OOo > > > > is more lax in permitting deliberate changes to be made. > > > > > > Hello Dan, > > > > > > sure, if you use a normal keyboard and mouse. But with touchpad and > > > notebook it happens... > > > Therefore I am searching for an option to protect them.. > > > > > > regards > > > > Sorry, I do not think such an option exists. You could file a request > > for enhancement. > > But I still have to stand by what I wrote earlier. I have written a 25 > > page document using a notebook with a touchpad. I did not have any > > problems staying out of the header or footer area. I wrote another > > document with 35 pages on this notebook without that problem also. Both > > documents required a liberal use of the touchpad to move frames from one > > place to another. These two documents are "Getting Started with Impress" > > and Getting Started with Base", and they are two chapters of the Getting > > Started Guide available at http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/. > > Perhaps, I had an advantage. Its screen resolution was only 800x600. > > Another option is to use the notebook keyboard more: specifically the > > arrow, page up, and page down keys. I also used Control +X followed by > > Control+V to move objects. The Navigator will also allow you to move from > > one place in the document to another without worrying about placing the > > cursor in the wrong place. (This does require that the Navigator be dock > > on the left side of the screen.) > > > > Dan > > > > I have a laptop with a rather sensitive touchpad, so I can understand > Hans problem, though I do not use writer to the extent that it affects > me. > > Two possible work arounds that I can think of, > > 1. Switch to web layout while working and back to print layout to > finish. > > 2. Set up two page styles, one containing your header, the other without > a header or with a suitable blank. Apply the style containing your > header when you have finished, or switch as required. > > Barrie
I suspect driver problems. A google search turned up two interesting
entries:
1.
http://linux.softpedia.com/get/System/Hardware/XOrg-XFree86-Synaptics-TouchPad-Driver-6975.shtml
2. http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=4912
Hope this helps.
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