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I use OVERWRITE MODE all the time Friday, February 27, 2004 at 10:23 pm Posted by Jerry (934 messages posted) I only wish the SHAPE of the cursor would change (to indicate when I'm in OVR) like it did in DOS. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Disable the Insert key in Word (disable INS & OVR mode)' Wednesday, February 23, 2005 at 11:37 am Posted by SG (1 messages posted) THANK YOU so much! This just drove me NUTS. On Friday, February 13, 2004 at 3:40 pm, Matthew Bin wrote: >I have a comment about Disable >the Insert key in Word (disable INS & OVR mode): >Although the stated solution for "Overtype" or "Mistake" mode does work, there is >an easier one. Instead of reassigning the Insert key, it takes away the Overtype >assignment altogether. > >1. Right-click on the toolbar and select Customize from the context menu. > >2. Click the Keyboard button. > >3. Scroll down and select All Commands in the left list. > >4. Scroll down the right list and select Overtype. > >5. Select Insert in the Shortcut Key list. > >6. Click Remove. > >7. Click OK. > >It'll never, ever come back. Thank god! > > >Cheers >M@ [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Disable the Insert key in Word (disable INS & OVR mode)' Wednesday, October 12, 2005 at 12:41 pm Posted by C.J. (2 messages posted) 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. On Friday, February 13, 2004 at 3:40 pm, Matthew Bin wrote: >I have a comment about Disable >the Insert key in Word (disable INS & OVR mode): >Although the stated solution for "Overtype" or "Mistake" mode does work, there is >an easier one. Instead of reassigning the Insert key, it takes away the Overtype >assignment altogether. > >1. Right-click on the toolbar and select Customize from the context menu. > >2. Click the Keyboard button. > >3. Scroll down and select All Commands in the left list. > >4. Scroll down the right list and select Overtype. > >5. Select Insert in the Shortcut Key list. > >6. Click Remove. > >7. Click OK. > >It'll never, ever come back. Thank god! > > >Cheers >M@ [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Disable the Insert key in Word (disable INS & OVR mode)' Wednesday, October 12, 2005 at 12:46 pm Posted by Falcon (13489 messages posted) Frankly, I think you guys are nuts, but anyhow... Why not just take a screwdriver and pop the key off? Malware Removal [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Disable the Insert key in Word (disable INS & OVR mode)' Tuesday, November 15, 2005 at 11:09 am Posted by Ari (1 messages posted) I've done that on a number of keyboards because I lost a lot of work to inadventent Overtype mode... then I got Sharpkeys from http://www.randyrants.com/ (freeware) and remapped the Insert key to do nothing... and F12 to be Insert for the few times I need it. This is reversable and works on all of Windows. (You can remap other keys, too, but this is the only one I wanted...) On Wednesday, October 12, 2005 at 12:46 pm, Falcon wrote: >Frankly, I think you guys are nuts, but anyhow... Why not just take a screwdriver >and pop the key off? > Malware >Removal [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Disable the Insert key in Word (disable INS & OVR mode)' Thursday, November 24, 2005 at 1:41 am Posted by Matthew James (1 messages posted) Matthew Bin, in case you're still reading updates to this forum, you are a prince among men. Thank you for saving my sanity. On Friday, February 13, 2004 at 3:40 pm, Matthew Bin wrote: >I have a comment about Disable >the Insert key in Word (disable INS & OVR mode): >Although the stated solution for "Overtype" or "Mistake" mode does work, there is >an easier one. Instead of reassigning the Insert key, it takes away the Overtype >assignment altogether. > >1. Right-click on the toolbar and select Customize from the context menu. > >2. Click the Keyboard button. > >3. Scroll down and select All Commands in the left list. > >4. Scroll down the right list and select Overtype. > >5. Select Insert in the Shortcut Key list. > >6. Click Remove. > >7. Click OK. > >It'll never, ever come back. Thank god! > > >Cheers >M@ [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Disable the Insert key in Word (disable INS & OVR mode)' Saturday, May 20, 2006 at 1:34 am Posted by River (1 messages posted) Just wanted to add something about this tip. Make sure you the overtype is not turned on before you change it. Otherwise it locks the overtype. I followed the instructions and had to go back undo, hit the Insert key again, and redo the steps.---FYI On Thursday, November 24, 2005 at 1:41 am, Matthew James wrote: > >Matthew Bin, in case you're still reading updates to this forum, you are a prince >among men. Thank you for saving my sanity. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Disable the Insert key in Word (disable INS & OVR mode)' Friday, August 11, 2006 at 6:45 am 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. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Disable the Insert key in Word (disable INS & OVR mode)' Friday, August 11, 2006 at 6:54 am Posted by C.J. (2 messages posted) I haven't found a solution for this but in reply to this comment... I probably type the equivalent of a 20,000 word report every day between emails, sales presentation and special projects. There is most certainly some kind of keyboard combination (ctl-alt-???) that causes the computer to enable "overtype mode." This goes beyond the Insert key enabling that mode. If it were JUST the insert key, I could live with it. What pisses me off is when I'm typing away merrily, NOWHERE NEAR the insert key, I'm suddenly replacing text. That is what I'm trying to track down and disable. BTW: this seems most common in Outlook/OE, though that's perhaps because I spend a lot of time in those applications. CJ On Wednesday, October 12, 2005 at 12:46 pm, Falcon wrote: >Frankly, I think you guys are nuts, but anyhow... Why not just take a screwdriver >and pop the key off? > Malware >Removal [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Disable the Insert key in Word (disable INS & OVR mode)' Tuesday, September 26, 2006 at 2:49 am Posted by Neal (1 messages posted) Like others, I have found this a godsend. But as an addendum, sometimes I DO want to use overtype mode. so, between stages 5 and 6 below: a) click in the 'press a new shortcut key' box b) press "Shift - Insert' c) click assign d) then click on 'Insert' in the Current Keys box, and continue as below This means insert on its own does not do anything, but Shift Insert will enter and leave overtype mode when it is needed Much less likely to do this automatically :) On Friday, February 13, 2004 at 3:40 pm, Matthew Bin wrote: >I have a comment about Disable >the Insert key in Word (disable INS & OVR mode): >Although the stated solution for "Overtype" or "Mistake" mode does work, there is >an easier one. Instead of reassigning the Insert key, it takes away the Overtype >assignment altogether. > >1. Right-click on the toolbar and select Customize from the context menu. > >2. Click the Keyboard button. > >3. Scroll down and select All Commands in the left list. > >4. Scroll down the right list and select Overtype. > >5. Select Insert in the Shortcut Key list. > >6. Click Remove. > >7. Click OK. > >It'll never, ever come back. Thank god! > > >Cheers >M@ [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Disable the Insert key in Word (disable INS & OVR mode)' Wednesday, June 13, 2007 at 7:21 pm Posted by JimBirch (1 messages posted) You can also turn overtype of and on via tools|options|edit. So reassigning the overtype function isn't that necessary. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Disable the Insert key in Word (disable INS & OVR mode)' Saturday, February 9, 2008 at 7:22 am Posted by Keith S. Angus (4 messages posted) I've disabled the Insert key in Word, but you still have the little OVR box at the bottom of the window. If you double click it Overtype is toggled on or off, so you can still use it if you really want to (I think I never will!) On Wednesday, June 13, 2007 at 7:21 pm, JimBirch wrote: >You can also turn overtype of and on via tools|options|edit. > >So reassigning the overtype function isn't that necessary. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Disable the Insert key in Word (disable INS & OVR mode)' Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 6:08 pm Posted by Keith S. Angus (4 messages posted) This is not an unknown shortcut - its so obvious everyone forgets it is there! If you have NUMLOCK on SHIFT 0 (numeric pad) is Insert. If NUMLOCK is off then it is an insert key. I don't know how to disable it. When in word you can switch between INS and OVR by hitting the tag at the bottom of the window. This still works when all other steps have been taken, but is fairly fumble proof, and shows you how it's set. Keith 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. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Disable the Insert key in Word (disable INS & OVR mode)' Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 7:11 am Posted by Elaine Lowe (1 messages posted) OMG! Thank you so much! I have a new keyboard and could NOT get used to that. It was literally making my life as a Medical Transcriptionist miserable!!! This was so easy to do and you have saved my sanity. Thank you again!!! On Friday, February 13, 2004 at 3:40 pm, Matthew Bin wrote: >I have a comment about Disable >the Insert key in Word (disable INS & OVR mode): >Although the stated solution for "Overtype" or "Mistake" mode does work, there is >an easier one. Instead of reassigning the Insert key, it takes away the Overtype >assignment altogether. > >1. Right-click on the toolbar and select Customize from the context menu. > >2. Click the Keyboard button. > >3. Scroll down and select All Commands in the left list. > >4. Scroll down the right list and select Overtype. > >5. Select Insert in the Shortcut Key list. > >6. Click Remove. > >7. Click OK. > >It'll never, ever come back. Thank god! > > >Cheers >M@ [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum