Page jumps around in indesign

Downloaded the trial version of indesign CS5. OSX 10.6.3, 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB, 1067 MHz RAM, 1 TB HD.
Working on a doc and page seems to jump around inexplicably on its own. May be some preference I need to set correctly or some other minor glitch but it is extremely annoying. Possibly Mouse related? Have no idea but need to resolve this issue before purchase.
Thanks in advance.

dgriffin1951 wrote:
Downloaded the trial version of indesign CS5. OSX 10.6.3, 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB, 1067 MHz RAM, 1 TB HD.
Working on a doc and page seems to jump around inexplicably on its own. May be some preference I need to set correctly or some other minor glitch but it is extremely annoying. Possibly Mouse related? Have no idea but need to resolve this issue before purchase.
Thanks in advance.
This is likely due to the Live Screen Drawing option in Preferences being set to Immediate - the default - rather than Delayed.
HTH
Regards,
Peter
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