1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. 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See the License for the 20*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * specific language governing permissions and limitations 21*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * under the License. 22*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 23*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski ***********************************************************--> 24*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 25*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 26*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 27*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<helpdocument version="1.0"> 28*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<meta> 29*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<topic id="textsharedguidetextmode_changexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Switching Between Insert Mode and Overwrite Mode</title> 31*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<filename>/text/shared/guide/textmode_change.xhp</filename> 32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</topic> 33*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<history> 34*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created> 35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<lastedited date="2004-10-19T12:29:16">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited> 36*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</history> 37*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</meta> 38*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<body> 39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3159233"><bookmark_value>text; overwriting or inserting</bookmark_value> 40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark_value>overwrite mode</bookmark_value> 41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark_value>insert mode for entering text</bookmark_value> 42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</bookmark> 43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<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> 44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</variable></paragraph> 45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149811" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="2">With the keyboard:</paragraph> 46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<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. 47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</caseinline></switchinline></paragraph> 48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3152349" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="4">With the mouse:</paragraph> 49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<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> 50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<list type="unordered"> 51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3145673" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6"> 53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<emph>INSRT</emph> 54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</paragraph> 55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<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. 56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</caseinline></switchinline>Click on the area to enable the overwrite mode.</paragraph> 57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</list> 59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<list type="unordered"> 60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 61*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150984" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8"> 62*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<emph>OVER</emph> 63*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</paragraph> 64*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<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. 65*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</caseinline></switchinline>Click on the area to enable insert mode.</paragraph> 66*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 67*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</list> 68*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 69*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<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> 70*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</body> 71*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument> 72