I'll reinforce what Beth said. I have found that whenever I accidentally
toggle the Insert key it's by hitting it when I was reaching for Backspace
or Delete.

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"Cannery Works" Cannery wrote in message
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I don't know how the overtype function going from off to on in the middle
of
typing in Word is helpful. I'm typing at a fast rate, occasionally
cutting
and pasting, rewriting as I go, and instead of inserting new words into
the
existing text, all of a sudden I'm typing OVER the text I want to keep
with
my addition. It's very annoying and turning OVERTYPE OFF in the options
setting doesn't last; it keeps popping back on.

Any suggestions? Thanks. Same thing with Outlook, too! Overtype
function
just pops into motion and whoosh - there goes several words in the email.
A
real time waster!

Thanks for any help.