Hi folks: this is driving me mad! I recently bought a new laptop. The problem often comes when I'm editing text - whether using Works, Word or sometimes even typing an e-mail. If I try to insert characters into the middle of a sentence, for instance, the rest of the sentence doesn't move along - I'm typing over the end of the sentence. Don't know if I'm explaining this quite well enough - basically, whenever I go back to some text and try to insert characters, it's as if I've reached the maximum number of characters and have to type over the existing text... help....me........ :-)

Are you sure you haven't pressed the "Insert" key? It may be a toggle of another key in conjunction with the Fcn or FN key Life is more painless for those who are brainless.

Hi Slasherama, hi everyone Hit the [Insert]key or [Ins]key once before inserting characters into the middle of a sentence, see if that helps... Best Regards and Wishes, The Count, Co-webmaster of mesich.com Above is a temporary address

Indeed. The insert will get you every time until you learn what it's there for. Actually.. I'm not sure why it's there!! But it will mess you up! :)

It's there to insert a character in place of what already exists. :) Life is more painless for those who are brainless.

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