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adding text without erasing existing text
When I try to add text to an existing document it erases the existing text as
I type. I've tried to turn off all auto corrections. |
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On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 05:56:04 -0700, "Greg"
wrote: When I try to add text to an existing document it erases the existing text as I type. I've tried to turn off all auto corrections. Press the Insert key (again, since this is what caused the behavior) to toggle off Overtype mode. Watch the letters OVR on the status bar at the bottom of the Word window. When they're black, you're in Overtype mode; when they're gray you're in Insert mode. You can also change modes by double-clicking the letters. If you can't be careful enough to avoid hitting the Insert key by accident, you can disable it. In the Tools Customize dialog, click the Keyboard button. In the next dialog, select All Commands from the Categories list, then select Overtype from the Commands list. Click the word "Insert" in the Current Keys box and click the Remove button, then click Close. (Double-clicking OVR in the status bar will still work.) Note that there's an option in Tools Options Edit to "Use INS for paste" that Microsoft stuck in there partly because of complaints about unintentional Overtype. I would hate this just as much -- having whatever was on the clipboard suddenly inserted when I intended to hit the Delete or Home key. It's better just to leave Insert as a dead key. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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