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Quick Word question

breadmonkey · 2006-01-23 11:48:45

I hate when this happens. When I type anything in the middle of text that is already there, I am erasing the other text as I type. How can I turn this off?

23-01-2006 11:48am

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breadmonkey

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I hate when this happens.

When I type anything in the middle of text that is already there, I am erasing the other text as I type. How can I turn this off?

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#2 23-01-2006 11:51am

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breadmonkey wrote:

I hate when this happens.

When I type anything in the middle of text that is already there, I am erasing the other text as I type. How can I turn this off?

Press the INSERT key.

(top left above the arrow buttons).

That changes the text to insert instead of replace - you'll notice "OVR" down in the bottom infobar in Word turn off. (Overwrite).
That'll do it

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#3 23-01-2006 11:55am

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Nice one, thanks.

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#4 23-01-2006 11:58am

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I had this problem a few years back, got very frustrated till i gave the old trial and error a whack, eventually figured it out.

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#5 23-01-2006 11:59am

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aye, it can be a killer... especially if you're typing a huge document and don't look up for a while... only to see lots of your work gone!

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