How do I stop text from writing over other text in word?

[Guest]

I am typing my term paper. Everytime I go back to edit, or change a word, the
new text I type writes over the old text I already had written. This is very
bad, because I cannot change anything, without having to write the whol
sentence, or paragraph, over. There must be a setting somewhere I can change.
Can anyone help me? Thank you! Nicole

 

[garfield-n-odie]

Press the Insert key once.

 

[Jay Freedman]

I am typing my term paper. Everytime I go back to edit, or change a
word, the new text I type writes over the old text I already had
written. This is very bad, because I cannot change anything, without
having to write the whol sentence, or paragraph, over. There must be
a setting somewhere I can change. Can anyone help me? Thank you!
Nicole

Do ONE of the following:
- Press the Insert key.
- Double-click the letters OVR on the status bar.
- In Tools > Options > Edit, uncheck "Overtype mode".

They are all equivalent.

 

[Guest]

Click your Insert button.