When typing, how insert letters instead of typing over existing?

[Guest]

When typing, sometimes what I type overtypes, or replaces, material. I want
it to insert instead. I assume there is a control that selects this but I do
not know where to find it.

 

[Joseph Meehan]

When typing, sometimes what I type overtypes, or replaces, material.
I want it to insert instead. I assume there is a control that selects
this but I do not know where to find it.

Try pressing the "Inset" key.

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[Van T. Dinh]

Normally, the Insert key is the toggle switch that allows you to alternate
between insert mode and overtype mode. This, of course, depends on the
software you are using (which I don't know).