Try pressing your Insert Key ONCE, before you type the correction. That should stop the Pacman behaviour... That Guy In Africa... http://homepages.gds.co.za/northcom/ ******************************************** ICQ# 39461303 ~ Greetings from Sunny South Africa ~ ******************************************** -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of emailshere Sent: 28 September 2002 09:54 PM To: 'mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [mso] New text eats old text (Word setting?) I've had a problem with word processing that has stumped me for years. Sometimes when I am editing/making corrections to something I've typed -- it can be in a Word document, in an internet dialog box, in something to be posted to a bulletin board, and most recently, in an Outlook97 Note -- the new text "eats" the existing text. I'll place my cursor where I want to make the corrections or additions, and as I type, the new letters erase and replace what was already typed. WHY??? How do I fix it? Is there some setting in Word that is causing this? Thanks, Ess --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.391 / Virus Database: 222 - Release Date: 2002/09/19 ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************