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Suzanne S. Barnhill Suzanne S. Barnhill is offline
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Default Why is Word involuntarily switching to the insert mode?

You are in Overtype mode rather than Insert mode. Press the INS key once or
double-click OVR on the status bar or clear the check box for "Overtype
mode" on the Edit tab of Tools | Options.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"FireHawk" wrote in message
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I am doing something when I type that causes Word to switch to the insert
mode. Then, more typing causes already typed words to disappear. This only
happens when I am replacing a word that has been selected. Please help as
this is getting frustrating. Thank you very much.