Comments on: How to Use the Insert Key http://www.worldstart.com/how-to-use-the-insert-key/ Everyone, no matter how good you are, needs computer help every now and then. That's where Worldstart comes in. Fri, 24 May 2013 18:55:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rebhttp://www.worldstart.com/how-to-use-the-insert-key/comment-page-1/#comment-105837 Reb Thu, 31 May 2012 20:43:35 +0000 http://www.worldstart.com/?p=14243#comment-105837 My puter has a nasty habit of reverting to Typeover all by itself all too frequently. I have to hit Insert in order to change back. I would be totally lost without it.Reb My puter has a nasty habit of reverting to Typeover all by itself all too frequently. I have to hit Insert in order to change back. I would be totally lost without it.

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]]> By: Joanne McDonaldhttp://www.worldstart.com/how-to-use-the-insert-key/comment-page-1/#comment-105750 Joanne McDonald Thu, 31 May 2012 12:59:12 +0000 http://www.worldstart.com/?p=14243#comment-105750 I for one appreciate the insert key. It is so handy especially when you have to go back over something and retype it. So many people are so acustomed to holding down the backspace key to remove text first and THEN type what they want to replace it with. They could simply put the mouse at the beginning of what needs to be replaced, hit insert and away you go - your text is replaced. Of course they could use shortcut keys to block the text to be replaced and delete it which is quicker than holding the backspace key - but that requires too may dexterity. Also, when you need to go back and just replace one letter or capitalize it, its so easy just to hit insert and type-over the character you want to replace. Maybe they should rename the key typeover (actually I think that's what used to be shown on the screen when you hit insert so you knew you were in 'type-over' mode).Thanks for the tip on inserting copied text or images - I didn't know that one. I for one appreciate the insert key. It is so handy especially when you have to go back over something and retype it. So many people are so acustomed to holding down the backspace key to remove text first and THEN type what they want to replace it with. They could simply put the mouse at the beginning of what needs to be replaced, hit insert and away you go – your text is replaced. Of course they could use shortcut keys to block the text to be replaced and delete it which is quicker than holding the backspace key – but that requires too may dexterity. Also, when you need to go back and just replace one letter or capitalize it, its so easy just to hit insert and type-over the character you want to replace. Maybe they should rename the key typeover (actually I think that’s what used to be shown on the screen when you hit insert so you knew you were in ‘type-over’ mode).

Thanks for the tip on inserting copied text or images – I didn’t know that one.

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