cant write text in emails

[byrneybob]

hi have an acer aspire one but having probs with msn will allow me to type in the address and subject but wont let me scroll down and enter text for message

[kai12]

excuse my ignorance, but what is "msn"?
are you trying to sent emails through some website?

maybe if you're more specific someone can help you.

cheers, kai

[Roxoff]

There are many ways to scroll the browser window, you're probably finding that your text cursor is in the edit field for the email address, you could try some of these:

* Two-fingered salute: on my Eee (very similar to your One) you can point at the browser (not at an edit field) and scroll using two fingers on the touchpad.
* Grab the thumb: if you use the mouse pointer you can click and drag the scroll thumb on the right of the browser window
* Tab: use the tab key to move to the next field in the browser. Eventually it'll get to to the body text field, you could probably just use the tab key to take focus away from an edit field and then use the cursor keys.
* External mouse: if you have one of these you can use the scroll-wheel, sometimes it's configured like windwos too where you can click with the wheel and get a scroll pointer.
* Size is important: you could shrink the text down so you don't need to scroll.

I'm pretty sure there are lots of other ways, but the bottom line here is that you'll be using Firefox on Linux. MSN is a part of a corporate monopoly that doesn't like it if you use someone else's browser or operating system. Maybe it's time to consider a change to a web-based email provider that cares enough to let you make your own adult choice about browser and platform.