Writer Guide

Switching between insert and overwrite
mode
With the keyboard, press Insert to toggle between overwrite mode and
insert mode. In insert mode, any text after the cursor position moves
forward to make room for the text you type; in overwrite mode, text
after the cursor position is replaced by the text you type. The current
mode is displayed on the Status Bar.
With the mouse, click in the area on the Status Bar that indicates the
current mode in order to switch to the other mode.
Counting the words in a selection
Select a block of text and choose Tools > Word Count. OOo displays
the number of words and characters in the selection as well as the
number of words in the document. You can also see the number of
words and characters (and other information) in the entire document
in File > Properties > Statistics.
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