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How can I tpyeover existing text and not delete the original? I entered a box
as a choice and would like to add an x inside the box. In my tabke, text entered displays vertically. How do I fill in the cell without advancing the return? |
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I'm not sure I fully understand the question. However, the Insert key
usually toggles Overstrike on and off. Depending on your version of Word, you should also be able to toggle Overstrike by double-clicking OVR on the status bar (Word 2003 and earlier) or single-clicking the Overtype (or Insert) item on the status bar. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Frustrated" wrote in message ... How can I tpyeover existing text and not delete the original? I entered a box as a choice and would like to add an x inside the box. In my tabke, text entered displays vertically. How do I fill in the cell without advancing the return? |
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I think s/he's asking for Overstrike, not Overtype: i.e., the Eq
Field. I accidentlly discovered how to do it in 2003 when I ported over a document created on MacWord which had some in it, opened the field codes, and hunted for how to insert fields. But s/he didn't say what version s/he's in, so I'm not going to give instructions ... On Aug 17, 5:21 pm, "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: I'm not sure I fully understand the question. However, the Insert key usually toggles Overstrike on and off. Depending on your version of Word, you should also be able to toggle Overstrike by double-clicking OVR on the status bar (Word 2003 and earlier) or single-clicking the Overtype (or Insert) item on the status bar. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog:http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web:http://www.herbtyson.com "Frustrated" wrote in message ... How can I tpyeover existing text and not delete the original? I entered a box as a choice and would like to add an x inside the box. In my tabke, text entered displays vertically. How do I fill in the cell without advancing the return? |
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You might see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/C...Characters.htm, but
if you just want a check box, there are better approaches, including a check box form field or a toggle object such as described at http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Add_Toggle_Objects.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Frustrated" wrote in message ... How can I tpyeover existing text and not delete the original? I entered a box as a choice and would like to add an x inside the box. In my tabke, text entered displays vertically. How do I fill in the cell without advancing the return? |
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