Microsoft Word....help

[brother chris]

Okay, here is the issue. <br />When I use MS Word and highlight a word to change it to some thing else, the rest of the words that are in front of the highlighted word seem to get eaten up when I type in a new word.<br />I hope I am explaining this right. It does not always happen, but when it does, anything in front of a word I change, the other words(letters) seem to get deleted while I type a new word. <br /><br />If I have not expained this right, I will try to give an example. <br /><br />"sample sample sample dude sample sample sample". <br /><br />Now, if I want to change the word "dude"(to sample), I would either put my cursor at the end of the word "dude" and backspace, or highlight the word and then enter "sample". <br />BUT when I do that, the other 3 sample words seem to disappear letter by letter, as I type. <br />WHY WHY WHY. I am going insane here. <br />It is making WAY too much work for me to do. <br /><br />Has anyone had this happen to them? Does anyone know how to fix it? Or am I doing something wrong? <br />I have asked many many people and it has happened to all of them, but yet, no-one knows why it does this or how to fix it. <br />Please help.<br />Many many thanks to anyone who can help. <br />Brother Chris.

 

[PierBridge]

Re: Microsoft Word....help

It sounds like you have auto correct enabled.<br />In the tools menu you can change it.<br /><br /><br />Since your example is not a correct sentence it try's to correct it for you.

 

[Pascal]

Re: Microsoft Word....help

You have hit the insert key. look at the info line below the document and you will see a tab with the letters "OVR" in it. Press the insert key again and the "OVR" will have disappeared and you can again insert <br /><br />JD

 

[brother chris]

Re: Microsoft Word....help

Thanks so much for the replies. That has been driving me crazy for over a year.<br />I checked the auto correct and that seemed to be okay.<br />Pascal has hit it on the head though. It is the insert key that I have pressed by accident.<br />Now the next question is, why would they have that there? What use is the insert key? Doesn't make much sense to me.....but who cares now.<br />I feel much better now that I know how to correct it. <br />It will save my so much time doing my work.<br />THANK YOU VERY MUCH.<br />Brother Chris.

 

[lakelover]

Re: Microsoft Word....help

The "insert" key...it took me way too long before I discovered that was causing the problem you had. It was a real PIA; when I type on the keyboard, my fingers are flying all over the place and when I hit an odd key by mistake, something pops up that I have no idea what key I hit that did it!<br /><br />Is there a list of Microsoft keyboard shortcuts available somewhere?

 

[AK_Chappy]

Re: Microsoft Word....help

Here is a place to look.<br /><br /> Keyboard Shortcuts <br /><br />I love KB shortcuts!! They make it so much faster.<br /><br /><br />AK Chappy