Dumb Microsoft Word question?

[MikeMoss]

Hi, Every one.

This is a problem that I have run into for years.
I think that I even knew the answer at one time but I can't remember what it was now.

Occasionally when I am typing I get a mode where every key stroke erases the character ahead of it.

So if I am trying to make a correction I keep deleting the character ahead of the one I'm typing and I have to type the whole sentence over again.

I'm pretty sure that I am hitting a key by accident that switches this on and off but I can't figure out which one.

Can anyone tell me?

Thanks for the help.

Mike

 

[SkipVought]

Hi,

The INSERT Toggle key.

Skip,

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[amcwil]

Sounds like you depressed the INSERT key on the keyboard--check bottom of Word screen and if it says OVR, this is what happened. Click INSERT again to turn it off.

 

[MikeMoss]

Hi

Thanks for the help.
This was driving me buggy but I couldn't find it in the Work help files, probably because I wasn't asking for the right thing.

Mike

 

[tf1]

If you open Word and go to Tools, Options, Edit tab, you can override the Insert key from toggling on the Insert mode. That should stop this happenning inadvertently.



Regards: tf1

 

[MikeMoss]

Thanks tf1 I'll do that.

Mike