topic Re: XP WORD INSERT KEY in BackOffice Products

XP WORD INSERT KEY

Jeff Hagstrom — Thu, 03 Jul 2003 12:12:40 GMT

In previous versions of Word, when you hit the insert key, the overwrite(OVR) would turn on and off. In XP Word, that does not work. Is there some setup option that has to be changed to get this to work? or has that ability been taken away?

Re: XP WORD INSERT KEY

Jay Bollyn — Thu, 03 Jul 2003 12:53:09 GMT

Jeff,

OVR toggles on and off, as it should, in my copy of Word XP. (The OVR indicator in the status bar is either bright or grayed out.) As far as I know, it is a default setting.

Perhaps you have a non-standard keyboard?

Does the Insert key work in other apps?

:-) Jay

Re: XP WORD INSERT KEY

Sergejs Svitnevs — Thu, 03 Jul 2003 13:49:25 GMT

Check "tools / options / edit" to see if "Typing replaces selection" and "Overtype mode" are enabled and "Use the INS key for paste" is disabled.

Regards
Sergejs

Re: XP WORD INSERT KEY

D Butcher — Fri, 04 Jul 2003 07:45:14 GMT

Jeff

It also works fine on my XP version also. When you find out how to turn it back on, please let me know - I want to turn my insert key off.