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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. </caseinline></switchinline></paragraph> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3152349" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="4">With the mouse:</paragraph> <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> <list type="unordered"> <listitem> <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3145673" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6"> <emph>INSRT</emph> </paragraph> <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. </caseinline></switchinline>Click on the area to enable the overwrite mode.</paragraph> </listitem> </list> <list type="unordered"> <listitem> <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150984" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8"> <emph>OVER</emph> </paragraph> <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. </caseinline></switchinline>Click on the area to enable insert mode.</paragraph> </listitem> </list> <embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> <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> </body> </helpdocument>