Blankhi folks i have a word document open and start typing . perhaps i have 8 or so sentences typed and am about to type some more when suddenly i find i may be at the beginning or halfway through the text i have just typed rather than at the end of the sentence i have just entered. it throws the entered text in a complete scramble and i end up having to go through the whole document and cut and paste and rearrange every few minutes. it also happens when i am composing e mail too, one moment i am writing the e mail and next the system just goes to the main outlook express page. with this latter problem i can press alt and tab and get back to where i was composing the e mail. any ideas? many thanks Paul h