Re: my space bar is working as a backspace, why?

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Press the Insert key once to switch between Overtype mode (what you are in now) and Insert mode.

pupa banson wrote:

why may my space bar(word processing) be working as a back space and thus deleting my text unnecessarily. I am using words 2003 on Windows xp

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