"Pack Man" eating my typing

[robert.roblites]

Hello helpful people, I have a problem that occurs on occassion. When
I go back to insert a correction in a word in my text ,the next letter
I type takes out the next letter infront of it so that I end up having
to retype all the following letters. It is an image of the early game
Pack Man gobbling the next letter, with each letter I type I lose one
letter ahead. This quirk usually starts after I have been using word
for a paprgraph or two. What's going on? Have I described the problem
in an understandable fashion? Best regrds,Roblites

 

[Graham Mayor]

You have selected overtype mode - press the INS key once to revert to INSert
mode..

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[Guest]

When this occurs, look down at your Status Bar and you will see OVR
highlighted. If you double-click on OVR it will turn off the overtype
feature.

 

[Opinicus]

Hello helpful people, I have a problem that occurs on occassion. When
I go back to insert a correction in a word in my text ,the next letter
I type takes out the next letter infront of it so that I end up having
to retype all the following letters. It is an image of the early game
Pack Man gobbling the next letter, with each letter I type I lose one
letter ahead. This quirk usually starts after I have been using word
for a paprgraph or two. What's going on?

As others have pointed out, this happens because you're hitting the Insert
key, probably accidentally rather than something else. If you do this a lot
and don't use the overstrike mode (I rarely do), look for a way to disable
the Insert key's function. The "OVR" warning in the status bar is so
inconspicuous as to be useless.