when i press the spacebar between words, it deletes the second wo.

[Guest]

After typing an document on microsoft word, I found that i left out a word:
example: "my dog named coaco." i wanted to add "was" between "dog" and
"named", so i put the cursor between the two words and typed "was",. the
problem is that as i typed "was", the n-a-m of the word"named was replaced. I
want to be able to push the space bar before a word to scoot it over but it
just deletes the word one letter at atim like backspacing starting at the
front of the word.

 

[Jay Freedman]

You're in Overtype mode. Press the Insert key to get out of it.

When you're in Overtype mode, the letters OVR in the status bar
(bottom of the window) are black; normally they're gray. The Insert
key toggles it on and off (and so does double-clicking the OVR
letters).

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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