I am at my wits end with the scrolling on Word for Android.

I'm currently trying to edit my novel while at work and I get so frustrated when I'm concentrating and focused, then go to scroll down the page. My finger slips into the unmarked "no-zone" where I forget there's actually an invisible scroll bar, the document flies down three pages instantly and I lose my place and all my thoughts.

Again.

I am so sick of this. I scroll on my phone all day. It's intuitive to not need a scroll bar or special zone for any app. But I cannot find any settings anywhere to either disable it, enable something like automatic scrolling which I wouldn't prefer but would tolerate, or even lock the bar so it stays visible as a reminder that it exists and where.

Does anyone know of a fix to this? I am not a programmer of any sort so I'm not looking for anything complex. Just something that stops wasting my time and frustrating me. I can't be the only one who hates this.