Word: Disable the Insert Key to Permanently Turn Off Overtype Mode

Tagged: Microsoft Word

Arg, I hate the insert key. Here is how to kill it in Word so you’ll never accidently go into overtype mode.

Overtype mode sucks. Sucks!

Since the days of the old word processors, typing at the cursor should insert text–not type over it!

I hate to rattle off a sentence of two… only realize that I accidently had hit the insert key and turned on overtype. Now, half my paragraph is typed over!

Typically one turns on and turns off overtype mode by pressing the insert key.

Kill the Insert Key:

1. Start Word
2. Click on the Tools menu
3. Click Customize
4. Click the Options tab
5. Click Keyboard
6. Under the Catgories dropdown box, select All Commands
7. Under the Commands dropdown box, select Overtype
8. Under the Current keys downdown box, select Insert
9. Click Remove
10. Click Close until the dialog windows close.