I am editing a paper and when I try to add text it types over the words I want to keep. How do I change it so that it just inserts new text without overwriting already existing text. ( I know I'm the last illiterate person on earth!!!)
2007-03-12 18:39:29 · 4 answers · asked by crissyk24 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
You just bumped the Insert button. It is right above the delete button and right of backspace. It's easy to hit. It toggles overtype on and off. Overtype makes you type over words instead of inserting text. Anytime you do that just hit Insert again and it will be turned off.
Also, in the status bar at the bottom of Word, you can see OVE next to the spell check language setting. You could just double click that too. It turns black when overtype is on.
2007-03-12 18:56:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hit the 'insert' button.
2007-03-12 18:56:14 · answer #2 · answered by Mr.X 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
just hit the "insert" button on the keyboard (should be somewhere on the right)
2007-03-12 18:47:05 · answer #3 · answered by Sarah P. 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Press the 'ins' button on your keyboard :)
2007-03-12 18:46:59 · answer #4 · answered by GodBuster 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋