Using IE 8, can not enter text unless I click top line

This seems to only be happening using IE 8. Works fine in FF and Chrome. The problem is my text area is oh say 300px high. If I click into the text area other than the first line at the very top of the text area, I don't get the blinking cursor that signals I can type. If I try to type, I get nothing. Only when I click at the very top of the textarea does it allow me to type. Any ideas? My instance is straight out-of-the-box, nothing customized besides my toolbar and here is what I'm using for that in case it helps.

<script type="text/javascript">
window.onload = function()
{
CKEDITOR.replace( 'editor1',
{
toolbar :
[

['Cut','Copy','Paste','PasteText','PasteFromWord','-','Scayt'],
['Undo','Redo'],
['Table','HorizontalRule','Smiley','SpecialChar','PageBreak'],
['Styles','Format'],
['Bold','Italic','Strike'],
['NumberedList','BulletedList','-','Outdent','Indent','Blockquote'],
['Link','Unlink'],
]
});
};
</script>