Microsoft office 2011 and other program issues

I have the new office set up on my computer and I noticed that if I'm copying and pasting into another program it eventually gets stuck doing that. It's like every time I move my curser it will select or drag stuff. I made the mistake of not noticing at first and it ended up selecting one of the icons on my dock and took it off. I had to restart my computer to get it to stop selecting everything the curser went over. Any suggestions or help would be great

Apple Menu -> System Preferences -> Trackpad
Check your settings here to make sure that sensitivity is not set too low.
Also the trackpads do support multi touch so make sure you don't have a palm or other finger on the trackpad while trying to make your selection.
Good Luck

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