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diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
index d3c196a60..82ada4fb5 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormView.tsx
@@ -1785,7 +1785,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormView extends CollectionSubView<Partial<collection
         );
     }
     get pannableContents() {
-        setTimeout(this.incrementalRender);
+        this.incrementalRender(); // needs to happen synchronously or freshly typed text documents will flash and miss their first characters
         return (
             <CollectionFreeFormPannableContents
                 Document={this.Document}