Press the INS key once (which is what you did to start this). The INS key
acts as a toggle between insert and overwrite modes.

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linsher wrote:
I can normally just insert text into a sentence previously typed (i.e.
editing or altering a document) but I must have pressed something
that has prevented me from doing this. Now when I try and insert a
word the words already typed are deleted!! Can anyone help please