Re: Word deletes as it inserts

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From: Charles Kenyon (msnewsgroup_at_remove.no.spam.addbalance.com)
Date: 11/08/04


Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 17:42:25 -0600

Double-click on the OVR in the status bar at the bottom. Otherwise, Tools >
Options > Edit and uncheck the "Overtype mode" option.

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Charles Kenyon
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Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
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See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"ralgam" <ralgam@aol.com> wrote in message
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> All of a sudden when I am trying to insert some text in the middle of
> a document, the text I am inserting is deleting what is already there.
>  Instead of inserting, it is over-writing.  I must have hit a special
> key to change this and not even been aware of it.  On my old computer
> I just had to hit the "insert" key and it was all fixed, but on my new
> laptop, there is no "insert" key, so what do I do?  Thanks!


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