Address Book - is it broken or just ME ?

First - I looked for an Address Book forum --- hmm ,,,,  do not see one
Ever since upgrading to 10.7 in address book on notes section - the cursor will jump to the top of the notes and I continue typing ... messing up the data ... wish Icould type and NOT look at the keyboard ... but
No one has this problem ?
on both work and home mac laptops using external keyboards
Help ?
Thanks
Greg H

Hi Alonski
It seems to happen less often ... but since I type looking at the keys ( not the screen ) -- can get really messed up when it happens ....
My original problem ,,,,, "Ever since upgrading to 10.7 in address book on notes section - the cursor will jump to the top of the notes and I continue typing ... messing up the data ... wish Icould type and NOT look at the keyboard ... but"
Anyone with a fix ....  I really have not warmed up to the new address book yet ...
Greg

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