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Scarlett | 20:37 Wed 29th Dec 2004 | Technology
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Why is it that when I am typing something on Word, and if I go back to add a word in, it "eats" the word that was previously on the page? And I then have to re-type the whole sentence. What causes this? And how can I stop it!?!

Help please!!!!

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Avatar Image smorodina
You've got it set to 'overwrite'. If you press the 'insert' key it will be set to insert and will not do this.
20:50 Wed 29th Dec 2004
Avatar Image moose!
It's easy to hit the 'insert' key accidentally too.  I do it all the time and it annoys me!
22:06 Wed 29th Dec 2004
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Oh my, you are total geniuses!!! Thankyou SO much. I would never have worked that out on my own!!
22:31 Wed 29th Dec 2004
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or go to tools-options-editing and unclick typing replaces selection
15:02 Thu 30th Dec 2004

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