As I type the letters delete the words in front!

[Guest]

I have founds this happens quite frequently. It has begun again on my new
( reconditioned) laptop. I begin writing on a new word document.( windows
98) After a while I notice if I have inserted some words into a sentence and
then carried on typing, that the words that were on the document in the first
place are being deleted as I type. It is as if every key has become a delete
key. What is going on and how can I stop it??

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

You've put the program in Overtype mode (if you look in the status bar at
the bottom, you'll probably see the letters OVR are highlighted). Hit the
Insert key to toggle it back.

By the way, you've asked this in an inappropriate forum. This newsgroup is
for questions about Access, the database product that's part of Office
Professional. If you have other problems with Word, you should ask in a
newsgroup related to Word.

 

[Guest]

It's quite simple in MS-Word. Go to Tools, Options, Cutomise and take off
the over typ seclection. In Access it's not so simple (microsoft please take
note ??). On a form you can turn it off "quite" simply.

Creat a form and name a text box (Text 1 - or what ever you want) then click
Properties and select Event and "on key press". Create a vba (the 3 little
dots) and insert this bit
Sub Text1_KeyPress (KeyAscii As Integer)
If KeyAscii <> KEY_BACK Then
Text1.SelLength = 1
End If
End Sub
I have assumed that you have name your box "Text1" but this could be
anything you want. (Dont put spaces in the box name).

Hope this helps