AppleWorks 6, Mac OS X: Cursor Displaced When Font Smoothing Is Turned Off

Symptom

The insertion point appears a few characters away from where actual typing occurs.


Solution

Select Font Smoothing in AppleWorks text preferences. You may follow these steps:

1. Choose Preferences from the AppleWorks application menu.
2. Choose Text from the Topic pop-up menu.
3. Click to select the checkbox for Font Smoothing.