[Solved] Space bar deleting letters

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brnystrday
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[Solved] Space bar deleting letters

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When I go back to edit a word in the middle of a sentence, I cannot delete one letter and add the right one. The space bar just keeps on deleting, and I can't add any spaces. Really like OpenOffice xept for this problem. Thanks!
Last edited by Hagar Delest on Sun May 16, 2010 9:27 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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openoffice 3.2, windows vista
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Re: Space bar deleting letters

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You've somehow gotten your session into "Overwrite" mode: press the "Insert" key on your keyboard to switch back to "Insert" mode. Watch the status bar at the bottom of the Writer window: each time you press the "Insert" key, the typing mode indicator will switch between "INSRT" and "OVER" to show which typing mode you're in.

You can also change modes just by clicking on the indicator in the status bar.
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Re: Space bar deleting letters

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Ha! Thanks. Sort of knew it was gonna be something ridiculously simple. Again, Thanks!!!
openoffice 3.2, windows vista
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