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WHEN I PRESS THE SPACE BAR TO MOVE TEXT OVER IT ERASES MY TEXT. ALSO WHEN I
PUSH BACKSPACE TO DELETE ONE LETTER & REPLACE IT ANOTHER LETTER IS REPLACED
WHEN I REENTER THE 1ST ONE SO I END UP HAVING TO RETYPE THE WHOLE WORD. i
DONT KNOW HOW THIS HAPPENED. I WAS ENTERING INFO ON A WORD DOCUMENT GRAPH
THAT I MADE UP & I USE IT EVERY WEEK FOR BILLING. I AM THAT I PRESSED A
BUTTON THAT I WAS UNAWARE OF BUT I DONT KNOW HOW TO FIX IT.
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For a quick way to switch between Insert mode and Overtype mode, double-click
OVR on the status bar. (When OVR is dimmed, Insert mode is on; when OVR is
bold, Overtype mode is on.)

Steven Craig Miller

"LOULOU" wrote:

WHEN I PRESS THE SPACE BAR TO MOVE TEXT OVER IT ERASES MY TEXT. ALSO WHEN I
PUSH BACKSPACE TO DELETE ONE LETTER & REPLACE IT ANOTHER LETTER IS REPLACED
WHEN I REENTER THE 1ST ONE SO I END UP HAVING TO RETYPE THE WHOLE WORD. i
DONT KNOW HOW THIS HAPPENED. I WAS ENTERING INFO ON A WORD DOCUMENT GRAPH
THAT I MADE UP & I USE IT EVERY WEEK FOR BILLING. I AM THAT I PRESSED A
BUTTON THAT I WAS UNAWARE OF BUT I DONT KNOW HOW TO FIX IT.

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Perhaps it just doesn't like you SHOUTING.

You are in Overtype mode. Press the INS key once to toggle the setting (or
double click OVR in the status bar)

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WHEN I PRESS THE SPACE BAR TO MOVE TEXT OVER IT ERASES MY TEXT. ALSO WHEN
I
PUSH BACKSPACE TO DELETE ONE LETTER & REPLACE IT ANOTHER LETTER IS
REPLACED
WHEN I REENTER THE 1ST ONE SO I END UP HAVING TO RETYPE THE WHOLE WORD. i
DONT KNOW HOW THIS HAPPENED. I WAS ENTERING INFO ON A WORD DOCUMENT GRAPH
THAT I MADE UP & I USE IT EVERY WEEK FOR BILLING. I AM THAT I PRESSED A
BUTTON THAT I WAS UNAWARE OF BUT I DONT KNOW HOW TO FIX IT.


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THANK YOU. I HAD A LITTLE TROUBLE FINDING IT ON THE STATUS BAR BUT I FOUND IT
UNDER TOOLS AND FIXED THE PROBLEM ONCE I KNEW WHAT TO LOOK FOR.

"StevenM" wrote:

For a quick way to switch between Insert mode and Overtype mode, double-click
OVR on the status bar. (When OVR is dimmed, Insert mode is on; when OVR is
bold, Overtype mode is on.)

Steven Craig Miller

"LOULOU" wrote:

WHEN I PRESS THE SPACE BAR TO MOVE TEXT OVER IT ERASES MY TEXT. ALSO WHEN I
PUSH BACKSPACE TO DELETE ONE LETTER & REPLACE IT ANOTHER LETTER IS REPLACED
WHEN I REENTER THE 1ST ONE SO I END UP HAVING TO RETYPE THE WHOLE WORD. i
DONT KNOW HOW THIS HAPPENED. I WAS ENTERING INFO ON A WORD DOCUMENT GRAPH
THAT I MADE UP & I USE IT EVERY WEEK FOR BILLING. I AM THAT I PRESSED A
BUTTON THAT I WAS UNAWARE OF BUT I DONT KNOW HOW TO FIX IT.

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On Jun 17, 10:05 pm, Peter A wrote:
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WHEN I PRESS THE SPACE BAR TO MOVE TEXT OVER IT ERASES MY TEXT. ALSO WHEN I
PUSH BACKSPACE TO DELETE ONE LETTER & REPLACE IT ANOTHER LETTER IS REPLACED
WHEN I REENTER THE 1ST ONE SO I END UP HAVING TO RETYPE THE WHOLE WORD. i
DONT KNOW HOW THIS HAPPENED. I WAS ENTERING INFO ON A WORD DOCUMENT GRAPH
THAT I MADE UP & I USE IT EVERY WEEK FOR BILLING. I AM THAT I PRESSED A
BUTTON THAT I WAS UNAWARE OF BUT I DONT KNOW HOW TO FIX IT.


The CapsLock key.

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Author, MS Word for Medical andTechnicalWriterswww.tech-word.com


press the "Insert" button on the keyboard. You will get it...
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