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MS Word is driving me crazy!!

6 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/ms-word-is-driving-me-crazy.50870/

gauravakaasid
gauravakaasid Original post #1
Feb 27, 2007 at 7:26 PM
got a big prob guys, whenevr i type sumthin in word, and want to go back and insert sumthing new into that text, the previos text gets deleted automatically. how do i resolve this??
help me out!!
Sukhdeep Singh
Feb 27, 2007 at 7:45 PM
Press the Insert key one more time. :D
piyush gupta
Feb 27, 2007 at 7:59 PM
^^Ya

See in MSWORD status bar if 'OVR' is highlighted press Insert key to deactivate it

OVR means overwrite
gauravakaasid
Feb 27, 2007 at 8:50 PM
thnx for ur replies people, but found the culprit atlast, the "overtype" mode was checked!
prasad_den
Feb 27, 2007 at 9:06 PM
OVR - is for overtype/overwrite... Thats exactly what the people above have told.. :)
caleb
caleb #6
Feb 28, 2007 at 3:03 PM
gauravakaasid, you are a funny guy.