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onemanband

Joined: 26 Dec 2010
Posts: 1473
Location: NCA90

Posted: Tue May 26, 15 9:08 pm Post subject: Typing question

I've had this happen on word processor, mobile and just recently typing an ebay add
so you type something out, then go to edit a spelling mistake. Instead of the new letter shoving all the following letters forward, it types over them and you have to re-type the whole thing again.
What's it called ? and where would I look to change it.
I believe it goes back to normal when you exit and start again, but is annoying when it happens.

crofter

Joined: 11 Feb 2007
Posts: 2252

Posted: Tue May 26, 15 9:15 pm Post subject:
Push the insert button (ins)

onemanband

Joined: 26 Dec 2010
Posts: 1473
Location: NCA90

Posted: Tue May 26, 15 10:38 pm Post subject:
Yep that works. Ta.

yummersetter

Joined: 26 Jan 2008
Posts: 3241
Location: Somerset

Posted: Tue May 26, 15 11:10 pm Post subject:

I was dealing with this today, trying to put information into a form, so I wanted to overwrite - on an Apple iMac using Microsoft Word I didn't have an Insert etc. button on the screen, nor was there anything on any menus to allow this.
After a fair bit of wasted time I found that you switch Overtype on by going to Word>Preferences > Edit and there was a list of checkboxes and I had to tick the only blank box to get it to change to overwrite. It's a bloomin' nuisance when you're constantly swapping between normal type and the other way.

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