Stupid question: How do you stop MS applications from over-writing the next letter when typing?

[Evadman]

For instance, in Office, IE, and just about everything else, the default editing is to put a new letter in where the cursor is located. If I type, "you a moron" and place the cursor after the "u" in you and hit "'re" then it palces an 're right there and moves the rest of the line over and you end up with, "you're a moron" This is the default typing style.

I have a horrable time with spaces when I am typing insanely fast. I will hit the space bar too soon or too late, and a sentance will look like this, " this is ane xpample of one of my many screw ups". See where the space ended up? Well, sooner or later, after fixing this a few times, MS starts to think I want to "erase" the "e" and it will over-write the "e" and put in a space. when it starts doing this, every charactor I type will over-write the next one. the only way to get a space in there is to cut and paste one back in. This gets annoying as hell.

Is there any way to turn this "feature" off or will I just have to type more carefully?

this is on just about every MS operating system I have ever used. NT, 2000, XP, 95, 98, ME. In Office, IE, or just about anything with a text box.

 

[Confused]

When you pressed the "Delete" key, did you by any chance hit the "Insert" key as well? Cos that could cause what you've been explaining



Confused

 

[Wasert]

Hit the Instert, or INS key on your keyboard.

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: Confused
When you pressed the "Delete" key, did you by any chance hit the "Insert" key as well? Cos that could cause what you've been explaining
Confused

No. this is not a "one in a while" thing. It is on 99.9% of everything I type over about one paragraph. (2-3 errors in each if I am hauling ass)

I can "reset" the thinking by exiting the application and restarting, but that gets annoying as well. Hell, it even did it in the first post I made above when I was putting the [b] tags around that section.

Hit the Instert, or INS key on your keyboard.

That will keep MS from doing it for a while, but it still comes back after 3 or 4 more screwups. I am hoping there is a perminant solution.

 

[SwampsterFL]

Turn off "Auto-Correct As You Type". It is usually found under Options or such as that, and will be in a little different place depending on the program you are using and which version of that program.

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: SwampsterFL
Turn off "Auto-Correct As You Type". It is usually found under Options or such as that, and will be in a little different place depending on the program you are using and which version of that program.

I love you *smooch*!

"typing replaces text" in office 97, but close enough. Danke!