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I can't overwrite selected text
When I'm working in Word and select text that I want to overwrite or delete,
the keyboard seems to have no effect on the selected text. I have to manually go in and delete the characters one letter at a time before I type the new text. |
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I can't overwrite selected text
In Word, click on Tools | Options | Edit | check the "Typing
replaces selection" box | OK. atwombly wrote: When I'm working in Word and select text that I want to overwrite or delete, the keyboard seems to have no effect on the selected text. I have to manually go in and delete the characters one letter at a time before I type the new text. |
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I can't overwrite selected text
Thank you!!!
"garfield-n-odie" wrote: In Word, click on Tools | Options | Edit | check the "Typing replaces selection" box | OK. atwombly wrote: When I'm working in Word and select text that I want to overwrite or delete, the keyboard seems to have no effect on the selected text. I have to manually go in and delete the characters one letter at a time before I type the new text. |
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I can't overwrite selected text
Why do I have to do this every few weeks or so? For example, today I had to
go back into ToolsOptionsEdit and check the "typing replaces selection" box even though I never unchecked it. How does it uncheck itself? |
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Sometimes poorly written add-ins will change your Options settings at
startup. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "KTJ" wrote in message ... Why do I have to do this every few weeks or so? For example, today I had to go back into ToolsOptionsEdit and check the "typing replaces selection" box even though I never unchecked it. How does it uncheck itself? |
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Suzanne, Sorry to persist in this but I'm really trying to understand this issue. What do you mean by "poorly written add-ins?" Can you give me an example? Thank you so much for your help! Karen "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Sometimes poorly written add-ins will change your Options settings at startup. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "KTJ" wrote in message ... Why do I have to do this every few weeks or so? For example, today I had to go back into ToolsOptionsEdit and check the "typing replaces selection" box even though I never unchecked it. How does it uncheck itself? |
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I hate to call it "poorly written," since it was written by a fellow MVP
whom I greatly respect, but one add-in I had installed used to change one of my Options settings at startup. I nearly went crazy trying to get that setting to "stick." I deleted the Word Data key in the Registry, recorded an AutoExec macro to set it correctly, etc., before finding that deleting the add-in solved the problem. The issue here is that add-in developers sometimes write code to have the add-in change one Options setting without taking care to preserve all your other existing settings. The result is that you end up with your settings the same as those in effect on the developer's machine. At least I assume that's what's happening. You can get an idea of at least some of the add-ins that are loaded with Word by looking at the list in Tools | Templates and Add-ins. Whenever you suspect that an add-in may be causing a given problem, you can test by temporarily removing it. Note that unloading it (by unchecking it in the dialog) will not help because add-ins in Word's (or the Office) Startup folder will load again the next time you start. You have to temporarily move a given file out of the Startup folder (put it somewhere you can find it easily so you can move it back if it's not the culprit). Some notorious troublemakers (not necessarily with regard to Options but just in general) are the Office Plug-in in Norton AntiVirus and the Microsoft Works Suite Add-in for Word (the former should be disabled and the latter uninstalled). Both are COM add-ins, so they won't show up in the Tools | Templates and Add-ins dialog in Word. For instructions on troubleshooting add-ins, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...sInstalled.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "KTJ" wrote in message ... Suzanne, Sorry to persist in this but I'm really trying to understand this issue. What do you mean by "poorly written add-ins?" Can you give me an example? Thank you so much for your help! Karen "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Sometimes poorly written add-ins will change your Options settings at startup. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "KTJ" wrote in message ... Why do I have to do this every few weeks or so? For example, today I had to go back into ToolsOptionsEdit and check the "typing replaces selection" box even though I never unchecked it. How does it uncheck itself? |
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Suzanne,
Thank you - that was very helpful. Thanks for sharing your knowledge! Karen |
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Anyone have any idea why this function has been made so complicated in the
2007 program? What was wrong with just being able to hit the "insert" key to turn on and hit it again to turn off? By the time I go through all the steps to turn on the function, I've spent as much time as if I just deleted and replaced the text manually. Am I missing something here? Or is this another example of something being "improved" beyond all usefulness? "KTJ" wrote: Suzanne, Thank you - that was very helpful. Thanks for sharing your knowledge! Karen |
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The function was turned off by default because it is a little used function
and there were many complaints about INS being accidentally activated. You can turn on the ability to use the INS key to toggle the overtype mode from Word options and it stays turned on, which should be quite adequate for those like yourself who use the function. It is impossible for Microsoft, or anyone else, to determine which functions each individual user will require setting or not, so a compromise is adopted. It is always necessary to check this accords with your own preferences, and even your own preferences will chaqnge with use. (Word options advanced editing options Use the Insert key to control overtype mode) -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Patricia wrote: Anyone have any idea why this function has been made so complicated in the 2007 program? What was wrong with just being able to hit the "insert" key to turn on and hit it again to turn off? By the time I go through all the steps to turn on the function, I've spent as much time as if I just deleted and replaced the text manually. Am I missing something here? Or is this another example of something being "improved" beyond all usefulness? "KTJ" wrote: Suzanne, Thank you - that was very helpful. Thanks for sharing your knowledge! Karen |
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You can also right click on status bar (bottom of Word active document
screen) and check ¨Overtype¨ to turn it on - quite easy. "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... The function was turned off by default because it is a little used function and there were many complaints about INS being accidentally activated. You can turn on the ability to use the INS key to toggle the overtype mode from Word options and it stays turned on, which should be quite adequate for those like yourself who use the function. It is impossible for Microsoft, or anyone else, to determine which functions each individual user will require setting or not, so a compromise is adopted. It is always necessary to check this accords with your own preferences, and even your own preferences will chaqnge with use. (Word options advanced editing options Use the Insert key to control overtype mode) -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Patricia wrote: Anyone have any idea why this function has been made so complicated in the 2007 program? What was wrong with just being able to hit the "insert" key to turn on and hit it again to turn off? By the time I go through all the steps to turn on the function, I've spent as much time as if I just deleted and replaced the text manually. Am I missing something here? Or is this another example of something being "improved" beyond all usefulness? "KTJ" wrote: Suzanne, Thank you - that was very helpful. Thanks for sharing your knowledge! Karen |
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