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re: Comment about 'Disable the Insert key in Word (disable INS & OVR mode)'
Friday, August 11, 2006 at 6:45 am
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Posted by A Jones (1 messages posted)

C.J., did you find a way to disable "insert" globally, especially in Microsoft Outlook? I appreciate getting it turned off in Word, but would like to inactivate it everwhere! Prying off the key is not an option because the keyboard belongs to my employer.

On Wednesday, October 12, 2005 at 12:41 pm, C.J. wrote:
>While I appreciate the fix for Word, there must be a way to disable "insert" globally.
>
>Another annoyance: there's an unknown keyboard shortcut that enables insert mode.
>I'm regularly hitting it somehow in Outlook Express, Internet Explorer...EVERYTHING.
>(probably Word too)
>
>What the heck is it and how do I turn it off GLOBALLY?!
>
>Thanks,
>C.J.
>
>
>

Written in response to:: re: Comment about 'Disable the Insert key in Word (disable INS & OVR mode)' (C.J.: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 at 12:41 pm)

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Comment about 'Disable the Insert key in Word (disable INS & OVR mode)' (Matthew Bin: Fri, Feb 13, 2004, 3:40 pm)

I use OVERWRITE MODE all the time (Jerry: Fri, Feb 27, 2004, 10:23 pm)

re: Comment about 'Disable the Insert key in Word (disable INS & OVR mode)' (SG: Wed, Feb 23, 2005, 11:37 am)

re: Comment about 'Disable the Insert key in Word (disable INS & OVR mode)' (C.J.: Wed, Oct 12, 2005, 12:41 pm)

re: Comment about 'Disable the Insert key in Word (disable INS & OVR mode)' (Falcon: Wed, Oct 12, 2005, 12:46 pm)

re: Comment about 'Disable the Insert key in Word (disable INS & OVR mode)' (Ari: Tue, Nov 15, 2005, 11:09 am)

re: Comment about 'Disable the Insert key in Word (disable INS & OVR mode)' (C.J.: Fri, Aug 11, 2006, 6:54 am)

re: Comment about 'Disable the Insert key in Word (disable INS & OVR mode)' (A Jones: Fri, Aug 11, 2006, 6:45 am)

re: Comment about 'Disable the Insert key in Word (disable INS & OVR mode)' (Keith S. Angus: Wed, Aug 27, 2008, 6:08 pm)

re: Comment about 'Disable the Insert key in Word (disable INS & OVR mode)' (Matthew James: Thu, Nov 24, 2005, 1:41 am)

re: Comment about 'Disable the Insert key in Word (disable INS & OVR mode)' (River: Sat, May 20, 2006, 1:34 am)

re: Comment about 'Disable the Insert key in Word (disable INS & OVR mode)' (Neal: Tue, Sep 26, 2006, 2:49 am)

re: Comment about 'Disable the Insert key in Word (disable INS & OVR mode)' (JimBirch: Wed, Jun 13, 2007, 7:21 pm)

re: Comment about 'Disable the Insert key in Word (disable INS & OVR mode)' (Keith S. Angus: Sat, Feb 9, 2008, 7:22 am)

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