Press the Insert key and see if the black OVR flag in the status bar changes
from black to dim grey. If not toggle that OVR flag with the mouse.
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Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.
MagB wrote:
Suddenly I can't go into a sentence I've written and add or subtract
anything without writing over and losing what I've already written. I
know this is probably some sort of annoying autoformatting that I
hate about Word, and I'm usually good at figuring this sort of thing
out, but this problem has me stumped. I cannot for the the life of me
figure out how to stop it from occurring and it is driving me mad!