How to stop my Acer Aspire 8730 laptop from moving letters and words around while I'm typing?

Question

As I type, the letters move to different sentences, breaking those sentences and destroying the sentence I'm typing. This is happening in Word, Facebook and E-mails. I can't finish a sentence without it happening at least twice! some have mentioned to disable the Touchpad, but in Windows 7, there doesn't seem to be a way to do it with this Acer laptop!

Answer 1

On acer laptop you will have to press FN key and the key mentioning mouse sign to disable/enable mouse pad. Search the mousepad sign on Keys from F1 to F10 keys.

Answer 2

Is there an option to disable the touchpad in the BIOS -- typically accessed by pressing del, f8, or f12 during bootup?

Beyond that look for newer touchpad drivers from the manufacturer's website, they may offer something like what Synaptic does:

http://www.synaptics.com/support/drivers

PalmCheck

The PalmCheck™ feature guards against unintentional cursor movement and tapping caused by accidental contact of the palm or hand with the TouchPad. PalmCheck allows the TouchPad to recognize when a user’s palm is resting on it or brushing its surface while typing. This helps prevent unwanted pointer movement or clicks.

However, this will only work if your touchpad is a Synaptic model.

Answer 3

There are loads of ways to disable your touchpad as you type just find the one that suits you best.

http://lifehacker.com/5590583/touchpadpal-decreases-errors-by-disabling-the-touchpad-while-you-type

http://lifehacker.com/5480260/disable-your-touchpad-when-youre-typing-with-autohotkey

http://lifehacker.com/5412986/touchfreeze-disables-your-touchpad-as-soon-as-you-start-typing