Hi tweety23,
Probably because you've switched to overtype mode - you'll probably see that
the 'OVR' on the status bar is black, rather than grey. Try pressing the
insert key, or double-clicking the 'OVR'.
Cheers
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macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]
"tweety23" wrote in message
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The space bar deletes the text after it instead of moving it along.