re: MS Word - new text writes through existing text Saturday, October 20, 2007 at 6:51 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by iman (18 messages posted) I think you have been pressing the "Insert" key which toggles between different "Insert Modes". this key turns on/off the "Replace Mode" where the new text replaces the old one. whenever this happens,hit the "Insert" button again and everything should get back to normal On Saturday, October 20, 2007 at 4:53 am, gwalter2004 wrote: >When using MS Word occasionally something strange happens - when I put the cursor >in the middle of some text to add a new word or letter, it writes through the text >in front of it instead of shifting it along. This doesn't happen all the time, it >comes and goes, but I can't figure out what it is I'm doing that causes it to start. >Does anybody know how to stop this? Written in response to: MS Word - new text writes through existing text (gwalter2004: Saturday, October 20, 2007 at 4:53 am) Responses to this message: re: MS Word - new text writes through existing text (gwalter2004: Sunday, October 21, 2007 at 1:01 am) All messages in this thread [show all] MS Word - new text writes through existing text (gwalter2004: Sat, Oct 20, 2007, 4:53 am) re: MS Word - new text writes through existing text (iman: Sat, Oct 20, 2007, 6:51 am) re: MS Word - new text writes through existing text (gwalter2004: Sun, Oct 21, 2007, 1:01 am) re: MS Word - new text writes through existing text (Helen: Sat, Oct 20, 2007, 11:01 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum