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<helpdocument version="1.0">
<meta>
<topic id="textsharedguidetextmode_changexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Switching Between Insert Mode and Overwrite Mode</title>
<filename>/text/shared/guide/textmode_change.xhp</filename>
</topic>
<history>
<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
</history>
</meta>
<body>
<bookmark 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>
</bookmark>
<h1 id="hd_id3159233">
<variable id="textmode_change">
<link href="text/shared/guide/textmode_change.xhp">Switching Between Insert Mode and Overwrite Mode</link>
</variable>
</h1>
<switch select="sys">
<case select="MAC"></case>
<default>
<h2 id="hd_id3149811">With the keyboard:</h2>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153031">Press <keycode>Insert</keycode> 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>
</default>
</switch>
<h2 id="hd_id3152349">With the mouse:</h2>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159157">On the Status Bar, click on the area indicating the current mode in order to switch to the other mode:</paragraph>
<list type="unordered">
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3145673">
<emph>Insert</emph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154307">
<switchinline select="sys">
<caseinline select="MAC">Insert mode is active.</caseinline>
<defaultinline>The area in the status bar is blank, when Insert mode is active.</defaultinline>
</switchinline> The text cursor is a blinking vertical line. Click on the area to activate the overwrite mode.
</paragraph>
</listitem>
</list>
<list type="unordered">
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150984">
<emph>Overwrite</emph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3148491">The overwrite mode is active. The text cursor is a blinking block. Click on the area to activate insert mode.</paragraph>
</listitem>
</list>
<section id="relatedtopics">
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154346"><link href="text/shared/04/01010000.xhp">Keyboard commands</link></paragraph>
</section>
</body>
</helpdocument>
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