Overtype mode button

[barb...@officeformac.com]

There is no overtype mode button on the status bar in Word 2008. Anyone know how to put it there?

[Beth Rosengard]

As far as I know, you can’t customize the Status Bar.  However the Overtype command is available for Toolbar Customization.  Go to View>Customize Toolbars and Menus and click on the Toolbars & Menus tab.  Decide what menu you’d like to add the command to (or create your own custom toolbar) and select it.  Then switch to the Commands tab and select the All Commands option.  The list you’ll see is alphabetical, so look for Overtype.

Drag the command to your selected Toolbar.  If you want to give it an icon, right>click (or Cmd>click) on it and select Properties.  Click on the arrow to the left of the Name box and choose an icon.  Then change the View button to your preferred option.  (Default style gives you the icon only.)

HTH

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On 1/25/08 12:16 PM, in article ee8a8...@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw, "barb...@officeformac.com" <barb...@officeformac.com> wrote:

[Unknown]

Open Word 2008.
Right Click on a blank area of the menu bar.
Customize tool bar and menu
All Commands
Commands
Overtype
Drag to the menu bar and place where you want it.
That’s not on the status bar but is in the menu bar at the top.

[CyberTaz]

...And of course you can also assign a keyboard shortcut to it if you wish -
but beware one point: Not only has it been removed from the Status Bar, but
there is also *No Indicator* displayed when you have Overtype mode active.

I realize many people still rely on it, but it really is a throwback feature
which I discarded as soon as I began to realize how many ways there are to
precisely select text to be replaced. IMHO, "select & type" is far more
accurate & efficient. Toggling that monster on/off [or neglecting to do so]
used to drive me crazy:-)

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

On 1/25/08 7:54 PM, in article C3BFC4B8.5BBA1%bethro...@earthlink.net,
"Beth Rosengard" <bethro...@earthlink.net> wrote:

> As far as I know, you canšt customize the Status Bar. However the Overtype

> command is available for Toolbar Customization. Go to View>Customize
> Toolbars and Menus and click on the Toolbars & Menus tab. Decide what menu

> youšd like to add the command to (or create your own custom toolbar) and

> select it. Then switch to the Commands tab and select the All Commands

> option. The list youšll see is alphabetical, so look for Overtype.

[barb...@officeformac.com]

Thanks for the replies. I appreciate the help.

Barb

[kde...@officeformac.com]

So, in other words, the 'Overtype Mode' check box under Preferences/Editing Options (that says it will place an OVR button on the status bar) does absolutely nothing?!

[JE McGimpsey]

In article <ee8a...@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw>,
kde...@officeformac.com wrote:

I think you're reaching...

The description text in that dialog doesn't say anything like "it will
place an OVR button on the status bar".

It says "You can also click OVR on the status bar to turn on or turn off
overtype mode".

Looks like that bit of description text was left there inadvertently.

The checkbox DOES turn Overtype mode on or off.

[Daiya Mitchell]

The overtype mode check box turns on overtype mode permanently, on my
machine.

The description doesn't say it will place an OVR button on the status
bar--it says that the OVR button is an alternate route to the same
function. Except the description has not been updated for 2008, it's
left over from 2004, so it's wrong.

[mollyjmo...@gmail.com]

On Friday, January 25, 2008 3:16:53 PM UTC-5, (unknown) wrote:
> There is no overtype mode button on the status bar in Word 2008. Anyone know how to put it there?

Hello, I am searching for a solution to my problem. When I go to Preferences, Edit, the overtype mode checkbox is disabled or grayed out. What should I do?