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Please can someone tell me what may be preventing both of the Insert keys
from working on my keyboard. Because neither of them work I have had to set
up a keyboard shortcut by accessing:- Tools; Customise; Keyboard; Categories;
All Commmands then scroll down to "Overtype"! Though this option shows
"Insert" as being the key to activate the feature, it does not work so I have
allocated [Ctrl + Shift + I] (which was unassigned to any other shortcut) &
that activates the function. Rupert B
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Have you tried a different keyboard? It could be a hardware problem.

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Please can someone tell me what may be preventing both of the Insert keys
from working on my keyboard. Because neither of them work I have had to

set
up a keyboard shortcut by accessing:- Tools; Customise; Keyboard;

Categories;
All Commmands then scroll down to "Overtype"! Though this option shows
"Insert" as being the key to activate the feature, it does not work so I

have
allocated [Ctrl + Shift + I] (which was unassigned to any other shortcut)

&
that activates the function. Rupert B


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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Have you tried a different keyboard? It could be a hardware problem.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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all may benefit.

"Rupert Bear" wrote in message
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Please can someone tell me what may be preventing both of the Insert keys
from working on my keyboard. Because neither of them work I have had to

set
up a keyboard shortcut by accessing:- Tools; Customise; Keyboard;

Categories;
All Commmands then scroll down to "Overtype"! Though this option shows
"Insert" as being the key to activate the feature, it does not work so I

have
allocated [Ctrl + Shift + I] (which was unassigned to any other shortcut)

&
that activates the function. Rupert B


Hi Suzanne & readers. Don't have a clue how it came to be there but the cause was a tick in the (Use the Ins key for paste) box. Thought I would briefly respond just in case it happens to anyone else. Thanks anyway for your response, such help would be sorely missed. Rupert B

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