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Why is Word involuntarily switching to the insert mode?
I am doing something when I type that causes Word to switch to the insert
mode. Then, more typing causes already typed words to disappear. This only happens when I am replacing a word that has been selected. Please help as this is getting frustrating. Thank you very much. |
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Why is Word involuntarily switching to the insert mode?
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says... I am doing something when I type that causes Word to switch to the insert mode. Then, more typing causes already typed words to disappear. This only happens when I am replacing a word that has been selected. Please help as this is getting frustrating. Thank you very much. That's not insert mode, it's the option Typing Replaces Selection on the Editing tab of the Options dialog box. -- Peter Aitken Author, MS Word for Medical and Technical Writers www.tech-word.com |
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Why is Word involuntarily switching to the insert mode?
You are in Overtype mode rather than Insert mode. Press the INS key once or
double-click OVR on the status bar or clear the check box for "Overtype mode" on the Edit tab of Tools | Options. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "FireHawk" wrote in message ... I am doing something when I type that causes Word to switch to the insert mode. Then, more typing causes already typed words to disappear. This only happens when I am replacing a word that has been selected. Please help as this is getting frustrating. Thank you very much. |
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Why is Word involuntarily switching to the insert mode?
Your description sounds more like you are doing something to switch *out of*
Insert Mode rather than into it - are you pressing the Insert key by any chance? That toggles Overtype mode on/off. It's particularly easy to do accidentally if you're pressing the Del key before typing the replacement text... Just select what you want to replace & start typing. HTH |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 6/8/08 11:40 AM, in article , "FireHawk" wrote: I am doing something when I type that causes Word to switch to the insert mode. Then, more typing causes already typed words to disappear. This only happens when I am replacing a word that has been selected. Please help as this is getting frustrating. Thank you very much. |
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