Word 2013 - cursor doesn't move when pressing space bar

[caringsharingbristolbilly]

Hi all.

Just had Word 2013 installed at work, and the cursor behaviour is driving me mad.

When I press space having just finished a word, the cursor stays put, firmly attached to the end of the word I've just typed. So, If I type the word 'cucumber' and hit space, the cursor stays here:

cucumber|

..whereas on any other program (inc. previous versions of word), it moves here:

cucumber |

If I type another word, the space appears (so I type 'cucumber', space bar, 'lettuce'), so I get this:

cucumber lettuce|

Call me a traditionalist, but I'd rather like the cursor to be placed at the point where whatever I type is going to appear. Can anyone point me to a setting or something where I can fix Word 2013 so the cursor advances correctly when I hit the space bar after a word, please? Any help greatly appreciated before I get sacked for swearing with such regularity, profanity and ferocity.

Thanks!
CSBBB

 

[caringsharingbristolbilly]

Never mind. It's magically fixed itself. New MS office? Plus ca meme, plus ca change...

 

[ff_mac]

Never mind. It's magically fixed itself. New MS office? Plus ca meme, plus ca change...

I've had this issue off and on for many months. It would magically go away, then resurface again some time later with no apparent pattern. I finally figured it out after reading another post. Sure enough, when I turn on "Show Paragraph Marks", I find that immediately following the word that the cursor won't move after is a page break. The fix is simple, that is put a line in before the break and the cursor advances properly.