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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Switching Between Insert Mode and Overwrite Mode</title>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
<lastedited date="2004-10-19T12:29:16">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3159233"><bookmark_value>text; overwriting or inserting</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>overwrite mode</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>insert mode for entering text</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3159233" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><variable id="textmode_change"><link href="text/shared/guide/textmode_change.xhp" name="Switching Between Insert Mode and Overwrite Mode">Switching Between Insert Mode and Overwrite Mode</link>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149811" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="2">With the keyboard:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153031" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">Press Insert to toggle between overwrite mode and insert mode. The current mode is displayed on the Status Bar.<switchinline select="appl"><caseinline select="CALC"> The text cursor must be enabled in the cell or in the input line.
</caseinline></switchinline></paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3152349" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="4">With the mouse:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159157" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5">On the Status Bar, click on the area indicating the current mode in order to switch to the other mode:</paragraph>
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<emph>INSRT</emph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154307" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">Insert mode is enabled. <switchinline select="appl"><caseinline select="WRITER">The text cursor is a blinking vertical line.
</caseinline></switchinline>Click on the area to enable the overwrite mode.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150984" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">
<emph>OVER</emph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3148491" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">The overwrite mode is enabled. <switchinline select="appl"><caseinline select="WRITER">The text cursor is a blinking block.
</caseinline></switchinline>Click on the area to enable insert mode.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154346" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10"><link href="text/shared/04/01010000.xhp" name="Keyboard commands">Keyboard commands</link></paragraph>
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