You're in Overtype mode. Press the Insert key (again, since that's
probably how you got there) to return to Insert mode.
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On Wed, 3 Mar 2010 17:39:02 -0800, Gray
wrote:
in microsoft word....when i make a mistake...the newly typed letter takes the
place of the old letter and I end up retyping the whole line again