My typed words are being "ate"!

[katzdvd]

Ok, I know this is a wierd one, but I have had this prob. off & on for a while now, & I am sure others have noticed it as well...

When typing a letter, posting, etc.; if I notice that I have mispelled a word, or need to add punctuation, etc... if I go back into the typed message to fix it, as I am typing,

instead of my corrections "pushing" the sentence ahead, it will instead "eat", or erase my sentences following the corrections!

have done searches on it in the past on google, yahoo, etc., have never come up w/ anything on it...

Doesn't happen all the time, only sometimes....Will do it in wordpad, emails, on the forums; seems to be in any text pgm.

I know, it sounds "off the wall", but surely someone here has experienced this! What am I missing here?!?

Stumped on this one... it's driving me crazy!!!!

[LT. Columbo]

this has indeed happened to me too, frickin annoying if writing a guide too! i don't know why either. i just stop, cut and paste the remaining text after the correction.

[jm1647]

When it happens hit the Ins (Insert) key on your keyboard and it will push your text ahead for ya

[LT. Columbo]

shall try what the heck does this?

[jamoskeag3]

"Insert" key on keyboard is a toggle switch.
Push it one way and it acts as you'd expect.
Push it the other way, and it acts the way explained in first post.
Most annoying, until someone tells you the fix, which is very easy, thankfully.

[jm1647]

It toggles between insert and overwrite

[katzdvd]

Thanks for the info., jm & jamo!

Seems like I have been dealing w/ that one for years!!! I have never been able to come across the answer.

I wonder if annoyances.org has anything on it - I had not checked there yet...

i just stop, cut and paste the remaining text after the correction

that's what I usually do! also, I will hit "enter" to gain a few free lines & then type my corrections & backspace to it.

but the insert key solution sounds great!

cheers!

katz

[LT. Columbo]

i learned a new thing too, ty also fellas

[katzdvd]

100th post!!!

this is just a "vanity" post to get my 100th!!!

Hoorah!!!







I am honored to be a part of the forums!!!

[Chewy]

typing pronlem is only in this forum tho, not in others

[jamoskeag3]

LT,
Yea, I know, its one of those little quirks, where a little help from your friends is quite handy.
I thinkk many of us have been there, and most glad to know the fix.

Chewy, thought it was universal prob

Katz, congrats

[jm1647]

I wonder if annoyances.org has anything on it - I had not checked there yet...

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article08-105

@katz for ur 100th

[katzdvd]

From annoyances.org:

One of the stupidest designs in Microsoft Word is that it still recognizes the Ins (Insert) key on your keyboard and treats it the same way as early DOS wordprocessors did in the 1980s

that's progress for ya...

[Chewy]

what's funny about this problem is i have found if i clear temps and cookies the problem disappears, very intermittant, never had it happen in another forum or email or pm's etc. sometime's I just copy what I have written and close IE and reopen then paste.

I figured it was my overclocking that was causing it!

[jm1647]

It comes in handy if ya hafta edit something and toggle the keys to push or overwrite IAW your need at that time. Like if ya wann add a word, or correct a spelling boo boo.