1. TOUCHFREEZE (see google)
2. Use an external mouse.
3. MacGyver. Take a sheet of a post it note and cut to the size of the touch pad and cover it with the post it note.
Bob
It is driving me crazy. How do I stop this? If I am not paying attention, it jumps back into the sentence I just typed.

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