PS 7: Moving text in layers

I hope I'm posting in the correct place.
I've been using PS7 for a long time and this has never happened before. One minute things were fine and then something changed. Maybe I hit a combination of keys .... well here's the issue.
I type text onto a blank layer. I try to move the text. In the pallette, the cursor drops off the text layer, and onto the background, instead. In order to move the text, I wind up clicking on it numerous times, or if I click on it very slowly, I can grab it to move it. This is not how it was working just yesterday.
I'm sure this sounds confusing, I'm just not sure how to describe it any better. (It's not my mouse, I tried a different one.)
I tried Adobe's help site and saw this:
"Clicking in an image with a type tool puts the type tool in edit mode. You can enter and edit characters when the tool is in edit mode; however, you must commit changes to the type layer before you can perform some operations. To determine if a type tool is in edit mode, look in the options bar--if you see the Commit button (a check) and Cancel button (circle with slash), the type tool is in edit mode."
I don't see this anywhere, and I'm not sure this is the answer to the problem.
I hope someone understands what I'm trying to explain, and maybe you have a solution for me.
Thanks in advance.

Make sure the text layer is selected in the layers palette.
Put the cursor over the text and click on it holding down Ctrl. Does that work?
If not try the move tool.
If you are still having problems, reset the text tool from the little drop-down menu in the Character palette.
If you still have problems, try resetting your preferences as described in the FAQ.
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/375776?tstart=0
You either have to physically delete (or rename) the preference files or, if using the Alt, Ctrl, and Shift method, be sure that you get a confirmation dialog.
This resets all settings in Photoshop to factory defaults.

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