Keyboard cursor loses focus when I'm typing

Question

When I'm typing a text in OpenOffice on Ubuntu 11.10/12.04 using the keyboard of Dell Inspirion 1525, the cursor loses focus and I start to typing in another place on screen.

Answer 1

This is very likely because your hand brushes the touch pad while you're typing.

If you pull up the settings dialog (I think you can click the cog thing up in the top right and then click settings or control center or something along those lines ... alternatively, hit the super/windows key and start typing "settings" and it should show up) you can go to the "Mouse and Touchpad" section. There will be an option you'll want to check in the touchpad tab: "Disable touchpad while typing"