"Jay Freedman" wrote:
On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 16:13:01 -0800, cjkoeb
wrote:
"Jay Freedman" wrote:
cjkoeb wrote:
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I also am having this problem. The OVR in the bottom line being
greyed out, and pressing the INSERT key, does nothing other than
produce an audible "THUMP". I have checked both items you mentioned
above, and still have the problem. I even "re-registered" the INSERT
key.
Now, here is the clue that I think that will make the solution clear
to you, and then perhaps to me. This is only with a certain document
that I received from someone else. Other documents that I have
created, or from other people do not have this problem.
Help ??
Chris
Hi Chris,
One possibility is that this particular document contains an AutoOpen or
Document_Open macro that unassigns the Insert key or assigns it to a
different function. Try going to Tools Macro Security and setting the
level to High, then reopening that document.
If that removes the problem, it's time to investigate further. Press Alt+F11
to open the VBA editor. In the Project Explorer pane on the left, find the
project with the document's name in it. Expand the icon and then
double-click the ThisDocument icon and any icons that appear under the
Modules icon. If you see any code there, copy it and paste it into a reply
here, and we'll tell you what it does. You might want to keep it and/or
modify it, or you might want to remove it completely.
A second, more remote possibility is some sort of document corruption,
although I've never heard of one that specifically disabled overtype and did
nothing else.
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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Pat,
I tried everything you suggested, but to no avail. I even tried saving in
different formats - no go. Finally in desparation, I opened a blank document
and pasted the entire 13 pages into it. WORKED ! Haven't checked yet, but I
hope the formatting is intact.
Now, I am more than a little curious as to what the original problem was.
Can I send you the document to examine?
Regards,
Chris
Hi Chris,
One of the classic methods of getting rid of document corruption is to
copy everything in the document except the final paragraph mark, and
pasting it into a new blank document. The final paragraph mark holds
the document-wide formatting information, in addition to the
formatting for that specific paragraph, and that's frequently where
the corruption is.
As I said, I've never heard of a document corruption whose sole effect
is disabling overtype mode, but I suppose there's a first time for
everything. :-)
I'd rather you didn't send the document to me. I don't have any kind
of diagnostic tool to find corruption in the binary area of a
document, and frankly I'd rather keep pathological files as far away
from my installation as possible. Be content that you fixed the
problem!
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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Pat,
well, actually I concidered copy/paste as a work around, not a fix. BUT,
accidentally I did find the problem, though not sure why Word works this way,
but stranger things have been known to lurk in the bowels of Microsoft. I
clicked on TRK to turn off tracking, and low and behold, OVR now works !!!
any idea of the logic behind that ?
Chris