Change the word "Editing" to "Correcting"
Move your cursor in front of the letter "t" in "Editing."
Use your cursor keys to do this.
Press the Backspace key 3 times
This deletes to the left i, d, & e.
Type Correc
Word will insert characters, moving everything else to the right. This is called insert mode because characters are inserted into the text as you type. This is the default for Word.
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Change the word "mistake" to "problem"
First you must change insert mode to overstrike mode.
Double-click the OVR
status indicator
on the
status bar.
Move your cursor in front of the letter "m" in "mistake" in the last sentence.
Type problem
Word will type over what is on the screen, erasing as it goes along.
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Double-click the OVR status indicator .
This will turn off the overstrike mode.