R. C.,
Can you use the 0 key on the numeric keypad when NumLock is off to toggle
between Insert Mode and Overtype Mode?
"R. C. White" <rc@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:
> Hi, PJM.
>
> I seldom use WM since WLM "went gold" last November. But a quick check
> this morning shows that it works as it always did - just like OE6 and WLM.
>
> My keyboard does not have an Insert key and I miss it. My older keyboards
> always used that key to toggle between Insert Mode and Overtype Mode.
> Simply pressing the Insert key would change the behavior - in either
> direction. Does your keyboard have an Insert key? What happens if you
> press it and then type something in the middle of a sentence?
>
> After searching several Help files, I still haven't found a substitute for
> the Insert key on a keyboard like mine (Microsoft Wireless Comfort
> Keyboard, part of the Wireless Laser Desktop 6000). There is an Insert
> button on my Menu bar, but it is not for this function.
>
> All I can do is highlight the text that I want to overtype before I start
> typing.
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
> rc@xxxxxx
> Microsoft Windows MVP
> (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)
>
> "pjm" <pjm@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:60FB6A3E-C040-46B3-B5C1-FAFF2B92D08B@xxxxxx Quote:
>> I'm composing in Windows Mail.
>>
>> "R. C. White" wrote:
>> Quote:
>>> Hi, PJM.
>>>
>>> Are you composing the email in Windows Mail or Windows Live Mail? Or
>>> Outlook Express (in WinXP)? Or are you using your browser and the
>>> web-based
>>> interface? The answer depends on facts that you haven't yet told us.
>>>
>>> I use WLM, and the Compose window behaves very much like OE6 did.
>>>
>>> RC
>>>
>>> "pjm" <pjm@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:CC9B6271-1A76-496C-931D-50B5FDC672D6@xxxxxx
>>> > Is there a way to change the way you make corrections in composing an
>>> > email
>>> > message? Whenever I try to insert another sentence in front of one
>>> > I've
>>> > already typed, it does the "overtype" thing instead of simply
>>> > inserting
>>> > the
>>> > text. I know how to do it with Outlook and Windows 98, but can't
>>> > figure
>>> > it
>>> > out with Windows mail and Vista!!!
>