[Gmail-Users] Re: how to turn off overwrite mode and highlight on click on gmail

2015-06-27 Thread Sarah Levy
This helped. Thanks On Saturday, May 31, 2014 at 10:01:23 PM UTC-5, Erin Figueroa wrote: Hi! I had the same exact problem and all I had to do was I clicked anywhere in the text and I pressed the Insert and the Caps Lock Key. Hope this helps! -Erin :P -- You received this message

[Gmail-Users] Re: how to turn off overwrite mode and highlight on click on gmail

2015-06-04 Thread Elizabeth Hitson
Aaron - pressing the insert key worked after all other options. Thanks! On Saturday, January 11, 2014 at 4:02:38 PM UTC-8, Christian Philip Ege Nielsen wrote: hello i have a strange problem on gmail but only on gmail every time i make a click it highlights the text and when i try to edit

[Gmail-Users] Re: how to turn off overwrite mode and highlight on click on gmail

2015-05-17 Thread raquel
FUNCTION key + INSERT key on Windows 8 + Chrome ~~~ On Sunday, January 12, 2014 at 1:02:38 AM UTC+1, Christian Philip Ege Nielsen wrote: hello i have a strange problem on gmail but only on gmail every time i make a click it highlights the

[Gmail-Users] Re: how to turn off overwrite mode and highlight on click on gmail

2015-04-29 Thread Timothy Dong
The insert + caps lock combination worked for me! Thanks! On Saturday, May 31, 2014 at 8:01:23 PM UTC-7, Erin Figueroa wrote: Hi! I had the same exact problem and all I had to do was I clicked anywhere in the text and I pressed the Insert and the Caps Lock Key. Hope this helps! -Erin

[Gmail-Users] Re: how to turn off overwrite mode and highlight on click on gmail

2015-04-18 Thread Tara B
It was happening to me just now.. I had to do the Cap Locks and Insert at the same time to turn it off On Saturday, January 11, 2014 at 7:02:38 PM UTC-5, Christian Philip Ege Nielsen wrote: hello i have a strange problem on gmail but only on gmail every time i make a click it

Re: [Gmail-Users] Re: how to turn off overwrite mode and highlight on click on gmail

2015-04-10 Thread Bo Brown
Hi, Zack. I'm sorry, I'm between jobs and completely at loose ends right now so didn't respond earlier. It was a faint hope that there was an answer to this problem, and I thank you for trying. I did that search, too, but it doesn't make any sense to me. Cut and paste into Linux? What? LOL.

[Gmail-Users] Re: how to turn off overwrite mode and highlight on click on gmail

2015-04-08 Thread Bo Brown
I'm going to go ahead and post this because there seems to be a problem that nobody is addressing but one poor soul mentioned (that I could find). This is only in gmail. I too have an APPLE keyboard. * The APPLE keyboard does not sport an insert key*--at least, not one that is labeled. The

[Gmail-Users] Re: how to turn off overwrite mode and highlight on click on gmail

2015-01-15 Thread Shannon Giammichele
It took a couple of tries..but insert worked for me as well! *Fn Insert took a screenshot! It took about 10 tries..and me clicking away from the page...but then I quickly struck the key pretty hard and it worked! *The key wasn't sticky...but..for some reason it worked! On Saturday, January 11,

Re: [Gmail-Users] Re: how to turn off overwrite mode and highlight on click on gmail

2015-01-15 Thread Marko Vukovic
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 1:33 AM, Cyn Sch hazeleyesofj...@gmail.com wrote: My HP Pav g7 does not have an insert key so it overwrites in gmail. I found a solution for Word though ​Every computer keyboard has an Insert key. ​It's probably just labeled 'ins' on your laptop. [image: Inline image

Re: [Gmail-Users] Re: how to turn off overwrite mode and highlight on click on gmail

2015-01-15 Thread Marko Vukovic
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 9:14 AM, Shannon Giammichele scgiammich...@ucdavis.edu wrote: It took a couple of tries..but insert worked for me as well! *Fn Insert took a screenshot! It took about 10 tries..and me clicking away from the page...but then I quickly struck the key pretty hard and it

Re: [Gmail-Users] Re: how to turn off overwrite mode and highlight on click on gmail

2015-01-13 Thread Marko Vukovic
On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 2:38 AM, DRB davidbi...@gmail.com wrote: If none of the above work, then hold down the fn button and hit insert. That's what people are missing (at least i was!) ​The 'fn' button is specific to your laptop. It is not a standard key and has nothing to do with the

[Gmail-Users] Re: how to turn off overwrite mode and highlight on click on gmail

2015-01-13 Thread Daniel George
Just hit 'insert' and it should fix it. Worked for me. On Sunday, January 12, 2014 at 12:02:38 AM UTC, Christian Philip Ege Nielsen wrote: hello i have a strange problem on gmail but only on gmail every time i make a click it highlights the text and when i try to edit the text i have

Re: [Gmail-Users] Re: how to turn off overwrite mode and highlight on click on gmail

2015-01-10 Thread gmailpatrick gmailkim
According to my little knowledge, You have to create a filter for manage the gmail with little of my opinion, l wish you'll create a filter for gmail by label to control all gmails; for example of my mail, trash mail, read mail,unread mail, and so on. Then you'll do this way, I think, it's

[Gmail-Users] Re: how to turn off overwrite mode and highlight on click on gmail

2014-12-16 Thread DRB
If none of the above work, then hold down the fn button and hit insert. That's what people are missing (at least i was!) On Saturday, January 11, 2014 7:02:38 PM UTC-5, Christian Philip Ege Nielsen wrote: hello i have a strange problem on gmail but only on gmail every time i make a click

[Gmail-Users] Re: how to turn off overwrite mode and highlight on click on gmail

2014-11-15 Thread Tia T.
Me too... Function + Insert worked for me. :) Hope this helps! On Monday, October 6, 2014 6:49:59 AM UTC-4, Kitty wrote: None of these things worked for me. My insert key is a smaller font under my delete key and I'm using Windows 7 on Chrome. This happened while I was composing in gmail.

[Gmail-Users] Re: how to turn off overwrite mode and highlight on click on gmail

2014-11-15 Thread joond
THANK you, thank you, thank you, Erin F! That worked when nothing else would! Not sure why it won't work with the shift key and required the CAPS LOCK but at this point, I don't care. It did the trick. On Saturday, May 31, 2014 8:01:23 PM UTC-7, Erin Figueroa wrote: Hi! I had the same

Re: [Gmail-Users] Re: how to turn off overwrite mode and highlight on click on gmail

2014-10-07 Thread Marko Vukovic
On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 12:49 PM, Kitty kittenchlorof...@gmail.com wrote: None of these things worked for me. My insert key is a smaller font under my delete key and I'm using Windows 7 on Chrome. This happened while I was composing in gmail. ​Compose a message, type some text then put the

[Gmail-Users] Re: how to turn off overwrite mode and highlight on click on gmail

2014-10-06 Thread Kitty
None of these things worked for me. My insert key is a smaller font under my delete key and I'm using Windows 7 on Chrome. This happened while I was composing in gmail. On Wednesday, September 10, 2014 9:23:03 PM UTC-5, Yarimee Gutierrez wrote: Erin, you are a GENIUS! That fixed the problem

[Gmail-Users] Re: how to turn off overwrite mode and highlight on click on gmail

2014-09-10 Thread Yarimee Gutierrez
Erin, you are a GENIUS! That fixed the problem for me. You have no idea how long I tried to figure that out. Thanks :) On Saturday, May 31, 2014 11:01:23 PM UTC-4, Erin Figueroa wrote: Hi! I had the same exact problem and all I had to do was I clicked anywhere in the text and I pressed

[Gmail-Users] Re: how to turn off overwrite mode and highlight on click on gmail

2014-08-28 Thread Dang Thi Kim Thoa
Thanks you aaron, I have fixed it On Wednesday, August 20, 2014 6:51:25 AM UTC+7, aaron sims wrote: Hitting the insert key fixed it for me. On Saturday, January 11, 2014 4:02:38 PM UTC-8, Christian Philip Ege Nielsen wrote: hello i have a strange problem on gmail but only on gmail

[Gmail-Users] Re: how to turn off overwrite mode and highlight on click on gmail

2014-08-19 Thread aaron sims
Hitting the insert key fixed it for me. On Saturday, January 11, 2014 4:02:38 PM UTC-8, Christian Philip Ege Nielsen wrote: hello i have a strange problem on gmail but only on gmail every time i make a click it highlights the text and when i try to edit the text i have written it

[Gmail-Users] Re: how to turn off overwrite mode and highlight on click on gmail

2014-08-17 Thread Nadeem Afzal
Thank you for this thread and solutions - I have windows 7, Google chrome browser, use a PC but an APPLE keyboard. Did not find the solution anywhere but this thread helped For me I felt that getting rid of the highlight was the solution so that is what i tried to do After trying everything

[Gmail-Users] Re: how to turn off overwrite mode and highlight on click on gmail

2014-08-03 Thread Bob H
I had the problem this am. Thanks for the answers, although they didn't work for me. What did work for me however, was the Windows key+Alt to remove the highlighting. Hope that helps! On Saturday, January 11, 2014 6:02:38 PM UTC-6, Christian Philip Ege Nielsen wrote: hello i have a

[Gmail-Users] Re: how to turn off overwrite mode and highlight on click on gmail

2014-05-31 Thread Erin Figueroa
Hi! I had the same exact problem and all I had to do was I clicked anywhere in the text and I pressed the Insert and the Caps Lock Key. Hope this helps! -Erin :P -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Gmail-Users group. To unsubscribe from this group

[Gmail-Users] Re: how to turn off overwrite mode and highlight on click on gmail

2014-02-13 Thread Reenie
I had the same issue happen to me this morning. Shift+Insert key seemed to fix it. Hope this helps! -Reenie On Saturday, January 11, 2014 4:02:38 PM UTC-8, Christian Philip Ege Nielsen wrote: hello i have a strange problem on gmail but only on gmail every time i make a click it highlights

[Gmail-Users] Re: how to turn off overwrite mode and highlight on click on gmail

2014-01-27 Thread Keir Thomas
Same problem for me, started recently. I use the latest Chrome on Windows XP. On Sunday, 12 January 2014 09:02:38 UTC+9, Christian Philip Ege Nielsen wrote: hello i have a strange problem on gmail but only on gmail every time i make a click it highlights the text and when i try to edit the