Question: Q: Insert Key / Overtype / Overwrite Mode There is a mode in Microsoft Word that allows you to overwrite text where the cursor is. Instead of pushing the text to the write, the cursor will simply overwrite the existing text. On the Word menu, click Preferences. Under Authoring and Proofing Tools, click Edit, and then in the Edit dialog box, select Replace existing text as you type (Overtype mode). Note: To turn off overtype mode, clear the check box next to Replace existing text as you type (Overtype mode).

Overtype mode is an editing mode in which everything you type replaces something else in your document. When overtype mode is active and you type a letter, it replaces the letter to the right of the insertion point. When overtype mode is not active, your text is inserted where the insertion point is located. The primary way to tell if overtype mode is active is by the effect that typing has in your document (as described in the previous paragraph). If you use overtype mode a lot, you may want to implement an even easier way of telling whether it is active or not—by adding an indicator to the status bar. All you need to do is right-click the status bar and then click the Overtype option so there is a check mark next to it.

The indicator then appears on the status bar, and you can easily tell if overtype mode is in effect. There are three ways to turn on overtype mode. The first is to use the Ins key, but this depends on whether you have Word configured to use the insert key in that manner.

The second method is to click on the overtype indicator on the status bar. This assumes, of course, that you've enabled the indicator, as described in the previous paragraph. The third method to turn on overtype mode is to follow these steps: • Display the Word Options dialog box. (In Word 2007 click the Office button and then click Word Options. In Word 2010 and Word 2013 display the File tab of the ribbon and then click Options.) • Click Advanced at the left side of the dialog box. (See Figure 1.) Figure 1. The advanced options of the Word Options dialog box.• Click on the Use Overtype Mode check box.

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