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Default 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.