I recently bought a Surface Pro with Typecover, and while experimenting, somehow changed the Insert/Overstrike setting. I haven’t been able to find how to change it back from the Surface keyboard, which does not have an INS key. Plugging in a USB keyboard briefly allowed me to fix it, but I would like to know what the real key combination is. Besides, there are probably other key combinations which would be useful.
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Toggle Insert/Overstrike on Surface Pro Keyboard?
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AskWoody_MVPMarch 8, 2013 at 7:42 am #1379203Usually the Insert key, and I doubt if Surface Pro is any different. But if in Word; right-click the Status Bar at the bottom, then Insert/Overtype.
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