1*cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*cdf0e10cSrcweir 3*cdf0e10cSrcweir 4*cdf0e10cSrcweir<!--*********************************************************************** 5*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 6*cdf0e10cSrcweir * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. 7*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 8*cdf0e10cSrcweir * Copyright 2000, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates. 9*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 10*cdf0e10cSrcweir * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite 11*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 12*cdf0e10cSrcweir * This file is part of OpenOffice.org. 13*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 14*cdf0e10cSrcweir * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify 15*cdf0e10cSrcweir * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 16*cdf0e10cSrcweir * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation. 17*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 18*cdf0e10cSrcweir * OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 19*cdf0e10cSrcweir * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 20*cdf0e10cSrcweir * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 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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. 51*cdf0e10cSrcweir</caseinline></switchinline></paragraph> 52*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3152349" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="4">With the mouse:</paragraph> 53*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 54*cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="unordered"> 55*cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 56*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3145673" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6"> 57*cdf0e10cSrcweir<emph>INSRT</emph> 58*cdf0e10cSrcweir</paragraph> 59*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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. 60*cdf0e10cSrcweir</caseinline></switchinline>Click on the area to enable the overwrite mode.</paragraph> 61*cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 62*cdf0e10cSrcweir</list> 63*cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="unordered"> 64*cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 65*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150984" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8"> 66*cdf0e10cSrcweir<emph>OVER</emph> 67*cdf0e10cSrcweir</paragraph> 68*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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. 69*cdf0e10cSrcweir</caseinline></switchinline>Click on the area to enable insert mode.</paragraph> 70*cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 71*cdf0e10cSrcweir</list> 72*cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 73*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 74*cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 75*cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 76