Correcting Text Errors cancels next Character

[Royal Peck]

I am using Word X.1.2 and have never had problems
correcting or replacing text until today.
Problem: When I try to correct or replace text as I type
in the new text Word automatically deletes the following
character. This means that I have to keep typing in all
the deleted correct characters until I come to end of a
paragraph or section. I have NEVER ENCOUNTED SUCH A PROBLEM
since beginning with Word 1.0 in 1984.

I have looked in Word preferences and checked and unchecked
various boxes - nothing corrects this.

Thanks for any help. You may reply to me at:
royalshop (insert the at symbol) dot earthlink dot net

Cheerily yours,
Royal

 

[Guest]

This is royal speaking:
I found I was actually using Word version X.1 and not 1.2.
When I installed 1.2 it corrected the situation so I don't
need an answer from anyone -
UNLESS someone would like to tell me WHY it was happening
in WORD for OS X 1.0. I had used this version since OS X
was released and had never before encountered such a
problem. Anybody know an answer?

Thanks for the help you would have liked to give
Cheerily,
Royal

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word]]

You've got stuck in OVERTYPE mode.

At the extreme bottom of the Word window, at the far right, you will see a
checkbox labelled "OVR". Turn it off.

Cheers

I am using Word X.1.2 and have never had problems
correcting or replacing text until today.
Problem: When I try to correct or replace text as I type
in the new text Word automatically deletes the following
character. This means that I have to keep typing in all
the deleted correct characters until I come to end of a
paragraph or section. I have NEVER ENCOUNTED SUCH A PROBLEM
since beginning with Word 1.0 in 1984.

I have looked in Word preferences and checked and unchecked
various boxes - nothing corrects this.

Thanks for any help. You may reply to me at:
royalshop (insert the at symbol) dot earthlink dot net

Cheerily yours,
Royal

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[Dayo Mitchell]

Hi Royal,
Hope you get this:
You should probably update all the way to 10.1.5.

See here re required updates.
http://www.mcgimpsey.com/macoffice/office/vxversions.html

But your problem sounds as though Overtype was turned on. With the Status
Bar, on the very far right, there is a gray OVR. If you doubleclick it, the
OVR goes black and then typing just types over existing text instead of
pushing it away.

DM