1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2cdf0e10cSrcweir 3226a8927SAndrew Rist<!--*********************************************************** 4cdf0e10cSrcweir * 5226a8927SAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 6226a8927SAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 7226a8927SAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 8226a8927SAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 9226a8927SAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 10226a8927SAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 11226a8927SAndrew Rist * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 12cdf0e10cSrcweir * 13226a8927SAndrew Rist * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 14cdf0e10cSrcweir * 15226a8927SAndrew Rist * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 16226a8927SAndrew Rist * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 17226a8927SAndrew Rist * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 18226a8927SAndrew Rist * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 19226a8927SAndrew Rist * specific language governing permissions and limitations 20226a8927SAndrew Rist * under the License. 21cdf0e10cSrcweir * 22226a8927SAndrew Rist ***********************************************************--> 23226a8927SAndrew Rist 24cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0"> 25cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 26cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textsharedguidetextmode_changexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 27cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Switching Between Insert Mode and Overwrite Mode</title> 28cdf0e10cSrcweir<filename>/text/shared/guide/textmode_change.xhp</filename> 29cdf0e10cSrcweir</topic> 30cdf0e10cSrcweir</meta> 31cdf0e10cSrcweir<body> 32d1c38b03Smseidel<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3159233"> 33d1c38b03Smseidel<bookmark_value>text; overwriting or inserting</bookmark_value> 34cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>overwrite mode</bookmark_value> 35cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>insert mode for entering text</bookmark_value> 36cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 37*9900b3e2Smseidel<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3159233" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U"><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> 38cdf0e10cSrcweir</variable></paragraph> 39*9900b3e2Smseidel<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149811" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">With the keyboard:</paragraph> 40*9900b3e2Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153031" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">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. 41cdf0e10cSrcweir</caseinline></switchinline></paragraph> 42*9900b3e2Smseidel<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3152349" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">With the mouse:</paragraph> 43*9900b3e2Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159157" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">On the Status Bar, click on the area indicating the current mode in order to switch to the other mode:</paragraph> 44cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="unordered"> 45cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 46*9900b3e2Smseidel<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3145673" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><emph>INSRT</emph></paragraph> 47*9900b3e2Smseidel<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154307" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Insert mode is enabled. <switchinline select="appl"><caseinline select="WRITER">The text cursor is a blinking vertical line. 48cdf0e10cSrcweir</caseinline></switchinline>Click on the area to enable the overwrite mode.</paragraph> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir</list> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="unordered"> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 53*9900b3e2Smseidel<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150984" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><emph>OVER</emph></paragraph> 54*9900b3e2Smseidel<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3148491" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">The overwrite mode is enabled. <switchinline select="appl"><caseinline select="WRITER">The text cursor is a blinking block. 55cdf0e10cSrcweir</caseinline></switchinline>Click on the area to enable insert mode.</paragraph> 56cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 57cdf0e10cSrcweir</list> 58cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 59*9900b3e2Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154346" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><link href="text/shared/04/01010000.xhp" name="Keyboard commands">Keyboard commands</link></paragraph> 60cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 61cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 62