Insert/Typeover Mode

[Ladypep]

My users have asked me if there is anyway to permanently disable typeover
mode. There is none that I know of. Does anyone know of some setting I can
change so that pressing the Insert key does not toggle to Typeover?

Thanks

 

[Ladypep]

Thanks, Jay. I tried this but it doesn't exactly accomplish what I was
hoping. A lot of my users have the problem of accidentally hitting the
Insert key without realizing it. If I remove assignment of Insert key, it
only removes ability to insert altogether, so that it is permanently on
Typeover, no matter if you press the key or not. I need the same thing in
opposite, in that I need my users to be able to remain in Insert mode whether
or not they have accidentally pressed the Insert key or not.

Thanks,

 

[Bear]

Ladypep:

On my machine removing the assignment removes the ability to toggle. If I
was overtype mode when I removed the assignment, I was stuck in overtype
mode. If I removed the assignment when I was in insert mode, I was stuck in
insert mode -- which is what you want, I think.

Please check that you are in insert mode when remove the assignment.

Bear

 

[Jay Freedman]

Both of you missed the fact that even with the Insert key completely
disabled, you can still toggle back and forth between Overtype mode
and Insert mode in either of two ways:

- Double-click the letters OVR in the status bar (which are gray when
you're in Insert mode and black when you're in Overtype mode).

OR

- Go to the Tools > Options dialog, click the Edit tab, and
check/uncheck the "Overtype mode" option.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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