Issues with Powerpoint on my MAC

I am having an issue with Powerpoint for MAC. I am running Office 2008 on my MAC with OS X 10.6.8. As I work on a slide, all of sudden the deck jumps all over the place! I have to constantly scroll through the deck to get back to the slide I am working on, and then try to do as much editing before the deck goes crazy again. It's a probelm that's existe since the beginning but today I've had enough of it.
Anybody have any idea as to what's going on? I use the Bluetooth mouse that came with the MAC . Could there be some sensitivity issue with it that's causing the eratic jumping?
Thanks

This forum is for troubleshooting Apple Software Update for Windows, a software package for Windows designed to update Apple products that run on Windows, and not related to Microsoft Office in any way. Therefore you will need to ask Microsoft or post Office related questions on Microsoft's own forums for their Mac products.
http://www.officeformac.com/productforums

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