When using my MacBook Air 13" to type Word documents, it repeated skips to a different section of my document without me pressing any key. I have to keep pressing the undo function to proceed with my sentence. It is very frustrating!

How do I stop my MacBook Air 13" laptop from arbitrarily skipping to a different section of my Word document

without me pressing a key. Why is it happening?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 14.8

Posted on Nov 5, 2025 11:49 AM

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Posted on Nov 5, 2025 11:54 AM

Sounds like you may be inadvertently tapping the trackpad.


Go in to Settings>Trackpad and turn off tap to click. See if that helps.

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When using my MacBook Air 13" to type Word documents, it repeated skips to a different section of my document without me pressing any key. I have to keep pressing the undo function to proceed with my sentence. It is very frustrating!

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